Drufle (GM)
SESSION START

Axel
OKAY!!

Zoop
session 2

Drufle (GM)
Got pressure on me all of a sudden, dang.

Axel
First, I need to deal with some schematic

Cici
do it fckr

Drufle (GM)
I can't even remember which music is which.
Don't mind me.

Axel
XD

Drufle (GM)
Anyways.
Last time, we started our little journey.
We delivered a package of techno pieces from Marina Town to the ranchlab, and then came out here again.
Because... things were happening.
You know, reasons.

Axel
yes
reasons

Will
S-s-spooky things???
Zoinks.

Drufle (GM)
We ended the session with a strange creature caving in small sinkholes across this plain.

Zoop
get off

Axel
Jinkies, Will

Drufle (GM)
Axel, using his fancy science gizmo, managed to dig up said sinkhole.

Axel
YEAH!!

Will
it was a shovel

Cici
"science gizmo"

Drufle (GM)
SCIENCE GIZMO

Cici
literally a shovel

Drufle (GM)
You just don't appreciate the mediums with which scientists work.

Will
you can buy them for like, 10 dollars

Cici
i AM science

Axel
we are a mysterious bunch

Drufle (GM)
Anyway, there is now a suspiciously round cavern in front of you.
The air coming from it is warm and dry.

Will
"So...uh...we're going in there?"

Axel
"Well, that worked"

Cici
"I'm up for a bit of a spelunk if you all are."

Axel
"Now then, where is my notebook..."

Jack
"yeah let's go!"

Axel
Drufle, how do I log Schmematics?

Cici
"Axel, are you sure this thing won't cave in on us again?"

Will
"Is this, like, a normal day for you guys?"

Axel
"Hm? Oh no, it should be fine"

Drufle (GM)
Log them in your character sheet, both here and wherever else you have it.

Jack
"not really"

Drufle (GM)
And mark an EXP for you.

Axel
okay

Drufle (GM)
The dirt seems a little unstable. Make sure you're careful!

Axel
woo, now I have 4 EXP

Axel writes down notes on the shovel

Drufle (GM)
I'm working on pogs, just one moment.

Cici
awkward silence

Will
"Um. Woopers first, then."

Axel
"Hmm, I'll need to try other materials for later"
"Oh wait, right. I can lead"

Zoop
Zoop leaps in at incredible speeds.

Axel
"Or not..."

Will
"IT WAS A JOKE"

Axel
we can't move out pogs

Drufle (GM)
I know, I know.
One moment.

Will
drufle drag the sheets onto it instead?
that should work better

Nickle
Why am I stuck?

Cici
larvaitar :o

Jack
clones

Nickle
Needs less cloning

Drufle (GM)
I don't know what you're talking about.
There's no Larvitar nearby.

Will
you know if axel really dug a cave this big im actually impressed

Nickle
-Don't try to hide it, I see what you are doing-

Cici
"Alright, stick together guys. I hate to think what might happen if that pokemon heads back our way..."

Nickle
Still stuck
-There we go-

Drufle (GM)
They should all work fine now.

Cici
wasnt there like a little bottleneck at the start that he dug out
and then the cave got bigger

Drufle (GM)
Also no, Axel did not dig this out.

Nickle
-I'm watching you, Drufle

Cici
i assumed at least

Will
hey drufle i recommend making hte grid invisible

Drufle (GM)
He just unearthed the entrance.

Axel
"This is a bit larger than I expected"

Drufle (GM)
Oh you can see that, whoops.

Will
itll look a bit nicer
it'll look like we're buried in sand

Drufle (GM)
So!

Will
and poking out of the ground

Axel begins examining the walls

Drufle (GM)
You walk into the cave, and it gets dark very quickly.
Anyone have a light?

Zoop
Zoop leads the pack.

Nickle
-Can I glow at all?-

Cici
"Hey, Romain, do you think..."

Will
we have a candle

Drufle (GM)
Alright, Jake will lead the way.

Axel
Which one?

Drufle (GM)
Or whatever the Litwick is called, I forget.

Cici
Candle Jack
Jack, The Candle

Drufle (GM)
Candle Jack, of course.
Wandering off into the cave, you notice it seems to be suspiciously consistent in its width.

Axel
"Cici, what could dig this?"

Drufle (GM)
The walls are smooth, as if the excess dirt and stone had been burnt away.

Will
you said it was warm before?

Drufle (GM)
It is warm!

Nickle
-If I see a fire type, I'm out-

Cici
"My guess? That thing we saw back at the sinkhole must have dug this entire thing itself."

Drufle (GM)
Not uncomfortably so, though.
But noticeably warm.

Nickle
-I can't handle those-

Will
"It's quite warm...isn't that weird for a cave?"

Cici
"What kind of pokemon could dig so quickly..."
"And where was it going?"

Axel falls behind a little looking at the walls

Jack
"I should put brunt away, this heat can't be good for him"

Drufle (GM)
You also notice something odd...
There are no splits in the cavern.
It isn't really a cavern at all, it seems more like...

Cici
"It just keeps going..."

Jack
oh no whatever shall we do

Drufle (GM)
A tunnel, perhaps?

Cici
"It's like that thing saw us, and then turned around and ran straight backwards..."

Nickle
-Did we not know this was a tunnel?-

Will
this is the part where golurks character would repeat what you just said, word for word
appearing very smart

Romain
"I think this is a tunnel, guys."

Cici
lol

Will
woah.....

Cici
spoopy

Axel
"Did anyone see what dug this out?"

Drufle (GM)
The tunnel does get wider after a few minutes, though.

Axel
"I was...not looking"

Nickle grabs Axel's notebook

Drufle (GM)
After about 15 minutes of walking, it suddenly opens into a chamber about 50 feet high.

Zoop
"Upa!!"

Cici
"I couldn't see much."

Nickle begins drawing a map

Cici
"Too much... smoke..."

Zoop
thats wooper for stop

Nickle
-We might need this

Cici
"Smoke. This tunnel was dug out with fire."

Axel
"Nickle? What are you doing?"
"Wait, fire!?"

Jack
"this was a bad idea in restrospect"

Axel
"That would require enormous temperatures"

Cici nods

Axel
"No known pokemon has that kind of heat"

Cici
"I can't think of any species I've seen around here that could do that."

Zoop
Zoop spits some water at the rocks.

Cici
"Okay, whatever the case, this chamber is clearly different."

Nickle draws the cavern down in the notebook and looks around

Drufle (GM)
Wow, this is weird.

Cici
"Maybe this cave was preexisting and the tunnel just happened to pass through?"

Axel
Nickle making a map or the cavern?

Drufle (GM)
The pokemon encounter I just rolled.

Will
"Hey, Zoop, save your water, it's pretty dry down here..."

Axel
"Have we been going down as we walked?"

Drufle (GM)
I'm gonna reroll this one, me thinks.

Jack
was it heatran

Axel
what's wrong, Droof?
what was it?
tell us!

Drufle (GM)
Apparently cave encounters have water types, and that's just
thematically impossible at the moment.

Cici
12 Magikarps

Jack
aah

Axel
well, thats my type advantage gone

Drufle (GM)
You know what, I'll have you guys pick.

Cici
this caves existed for about 2 hours thats enough time for magikarp to move in

Drufle (GM)
1 to 5.
rolling 1d5 ( 2 ) = 2

Will
5

Nickle
-I pick 3-

Zoop
1

Drufle (GM)
Alright I see how it is.

Clara
-_-

Cici
that means 4
clearly

Drufle (GM)
I'm taking Cici's because it's random.

Nickle
-We are not here to play nice

Cici
fuck yea

Nickle
-Favoritism much?-

Jack
how the hell do you roll D% of all things
5

Cici
you type /roll 1d5

Jack
oh right

Drufle (GM)
You hear a sort of... clanging from down a nearby tunnel.

Cici
on a physical die youd roll a d10 and halve the results

Jack
im out of it tonight

Axel
roll Attention?

Drufle (GM)
Sure, go ahead.

Cici
dont we already hear it
like you told us

Romain
i forgot to set up my macros aaaa

Will
golurg

Axel
rolling 2d6 + 6( 2 + 6 )+6 = 14

Cici
lmao

Axel
wait, did I roll that right?

Drufle (GM)
You do, but this is for extra information.

Cici
rolling 2d6+4( 4 + 4 )+4 = 12

Will
i can roll it too if thats not enough

Jack
rolling 2d6!! + 6( 3 + 3 )+6 = 12

Axel
wait, subtract 1 from mine
I have 5 attention, not 6

Cici
u fuckd up

Will
rolling 2d6 + 6( 6 + 4 )+6 = 16

Cici
streak roll attention
yeeaaaaah

Will
;)

Drufle (GM)
There we go.

Axel
I so shrub

Cici
fuckin attention master

Drufle (GM)
Will, you notice that the clanging is distinctly of metal.

Axel
Will be paying attention

Drufle (GM)
But not just that.

Axel
Metal?
YESSSS

Drufle (GM)
It sounds sort of like...
Swords?

Axel
oh crap
mine
want

Will
"This is just like my animes."

Axel
"A what now?"

Will
"There are swords coming."

Cici
"What was that?"
"Swords?"

Will
"Something metal, anyway."

Jack
"Ww--what does that mea?!"

Romain
mine

Axel
"Ah, I know what those are"

Cici
"Honedge, maybe."

Will
anime saves the day

Cici
"There's no way they generated the fire to make this tunnel... so somehow wild pokemon have entered this cave system."

Romain
"!!!"

Axel
"What is it, Romain?"

Jack
fuck us straight to hell

Cici
aegislash
we r dded

Axel is looking in the opposite direction

Will
it sounded just like the swordfight in episode 265 of Hyper Princess 2: Final Crashing Uguu.

Drufle (GM)
An Aegislash and a small scabbard of Honedge float down the tunnel, swinging at each other lazily.

Jack
"scabbard"

Nickle
-Axel please-

Nickle zaps Axel to attention

Axel
"AH! oh, there they are"

Drufle (GM)
They seem to have noticed you, and are suddenly alert.

Romain
"I hope these things don't touch any of you."

Cici
scabbard lmao
thats great

Will
Is Aegislash fully evolved?

Nickle
-Oh its on

Cici
"Looks like they're feeling aggressive."

Drufle (GM)
It sure is!

Will
hmm

Nickle
-I see you, Aegislash-
-Git back here-

Will
how should we do this then

Drufle (GM)
So, how do we fight?

Cici
"5 on 5, is it?"

Nickle
we have a team of 2, and a team of 3

Will
water sport..

Nickle
or just go 5 on 5

Will
what does that do again

Victor
"SCREEEEEEEE"

Drufle (GM)
What say the players?

Victor screams and runs away

Jack
HORDE BATTLE

Cici
"...Yeah, he won't be helping much."

Nickle
we gonna reck some fools

Drufle (GM)
Will: It's amazing.

Will
i may be able to team up with nickle quite well if it makes electric effective

Cici
let's each take one
and then say that we can lead one target over to another person

Axel
Join us, Will

Drufle (GM)
I imagine Will will want to fight the Aegislash, because underdog?

Cici
and turn it into a double battle if we want

Romain
":} Thankfully they are weak our attacks. Jack, are you ready?"

Will
perhaps

Axel
I'm catching one of these

Romain
*to

Axel
I wanna be on Will's team

Will
yeah

Axel
with the Water Sport

Romain
whos the lucky one to fight aegislash

Axel
ME

Cici
wills gonna take it

Will
axel lets do it

Drufle (GM)
Decide your teams quickly!

Will
is this okay

Drufle (GM)
They won't sit still much longer!

Cici
"Help me out, Jack?"

Axel
"Alright Will, lets do this"

Will
talking is a free action!!! i demand infinite time

Jack
"A-absolutely, Miss!"

Will
just kid

Romain
(this is my first time so pls help me out here)

Cici
im not even gonna type waht i just almost typed
holy shit

Will
"Ah, careful, Zoop..!"

Cici
uh golurk we havent done this battle system either

Will
"They're sharp lookin'."

Cici
last time it sorta just
piled up

Drufle (GM)
Right, of course.
Let's go left to right.
Cici and Jack, then Romain, then Will and Axel.

Nickle revs up for battle

Cici
i like the idea of single battles...
still

Romain
nah i mena just normal battling and stuff

Drufle (GM)
We'll go turn by turn instead of battle by battle.

Cici
and being able to merge
ok then

Drufle (GM)
What are the speeds of our friends on the left?

Zoop
"Upa!" then serious face.

Nickle
we are slow, remember
I'm the fasted here, I think
in our group

Cici
4

Drufle (GM)
Their speed is 5!

Clara
>:O

Jack
also 4

Drufle (GM)
Because I actually remembered that I'm supposed to use Aegislash's stats for all of them.

Nickle
-Of course its 5-

Drufle (GM)
So the Honedge go first!

Nickle
-Alright, lets get to work-

Drufle (GM)
The Honedge on the left whips its blade around and clangs into the other.
It releases a painfully sharp sound directed at Brunt!

Cici
oh my god
metal sound

Axel
ooh, Metal Sound

Romain
"Zounds!"

Axel
wait, do they use special attacks?

Jack
probably

Axel
I mean, of course they have some
Oh right, Aegislash stats

Drufle (GM)
The other Honedge whips towards Brunt, trying to slam into him.

Axel
sword or sheild?

Cici
i imagine it's in shield form to start

Drufle (GM)
rolling 2d6+6( 5 + 2 )+6 = 13

Axel
yikes, a +6

Drufle (GM)
I'm in shield form, yes.
Does that hit, Jack?

Jack
um

Axel
I'm pretty sure that doesn't hit Brunt

Cici
isnt his def a 6

Jack
let's see def is 6

Axel
the wall of ice

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, so no.

Cici
+9 is 15

Jack
kerchunk

Axel
13 is a low-range hit

Drufle (GM)
The Honedge clangs into Brunt but bounces off helplessly.

Axel
and Brunt isn't lowrange

Drufle (GM)
Cici?

Axel
Golurk is by himself?
Romain, sorry

Romain
yee

Will
do you got them fire type attacks

Drufle (GM)
Oi, phoone.

Romain
"Are these Pokemon looking for.. wielders??"
hella yeah

Cici
im thinkin
christ

Will
oh man that would be sick

Drufle (GM)
:P

Romain
both of my moves are super effective

Cici
i think all of mine are nve
iirc

Axel
They have a super-effective attack as well, Romain

Drufle (GM)
Actually golurk we're playing pre-6th gen rules.
Obviously.

Cici
thats
really stupid

Drufle (GM)
That's a joke. :P

Will
"Hmm, Axel, do you think our attacks will hurt these metal things...?"

Cici
jailbreak.jpeg
okay
w/e

Axel
"Nickle's electricity and Zoops water should be fine"

Cici
"Try a Stun Spore, Clara!"

Axel
"Does Zoop know Water Sport?"

Will
"Maybe Zoop can make them a bit more conductive."

Cici
rolling 3d6k2+5( 3 + 2 + 2 )+5 = 10
ouch

Axel
"I like the way you think, Will"

Cici
that was awful

Drufle (GM)
Well then.
That doesn't hit.
The spores spray uselessly across the Honedge's eyes.
It's a bit miffed.
Brunt?

Romain
daily reminder that these swords have genders

Jack
"use Ice Fang on the one in front"
rolling 3d6k2+6 ( 4 + 3 + 2 )+6 = 13

Cici
pernus sword and vegeta sword

Axel
battle of the tanks

Will
all things have a right to gender

Drufle (GM)
That... hits!

Axel
watch as we never hit eachother

Jack
yay

Axel
oh wait, really?

Will
and a right not to gender

Drufle (GM)
Which one?

Cici
their physdef is awful

Jack
direct in front of brunt

Drufle (GM)
Gotcha.

Will
gender schmender, as my grandfather used to say

Axel
I thought Aegish-stats

Drufle (GM)
Aegislash acts super weird in PPP.

Axel
well, of course

Drufle (GM)
It's quite annoying.

Axel
what does it do, though

Drufle (GM)
So that's one damage to the Honedge.
Its stats don't actually change.
Just its stat focus.
Romain!

Axel
oh, okay

Drufle (GM)
What's Jack's speed?

Romain
4

Axel
yep

Drufle (GM)
Man, are you all slow?

Axel
knew it. Nickle's the fastest
I'm not going to invest in speed for Nickle
I'm banking on Analytic

Romain
my gimmick is (gonna be) trick room, everyone else has no excuse, however

Drufle (GM)
rolling 3d6k2+6( 5 + 4 + 4 )+6 = 15
Oof, I imagine that hits physical.

Axel
nice hit

Cici
once clara evolves she hits speed 6

Jack
I'm literally made of ice how much speed do you expect

Drufle (GM)
Well that does 2 damage and your turn is skipped!

Axel
What
oh that is baaad

Drufle (GM)
Lick is a nasty thing in PPP.

Romain
thank you

Cici
what

Axel
evil little demon move

Jack
Licking By Blade

Cici
how does a sword lick

Drufle (GM)
Zoop and Nickle, speed stats?

Axel
with its blade

Cici
with its tiny sword mouth

Jack
makes you lick it

Will
4

Drufle (GM)
Well maybe it's Astonish, I dunno.

Axel
Astonish makes more sense

Jack
Phoone honedge doesn't actually have a mouth

Romain
it has the tassel thing
use your imagination

Drufle (GM)
Nickle's speed is 5?

Axel
yes

Cici
that's

Jack
it's an optical illusion caused by a convenient hole it ints scabbard

Cici
not a mouth??????????

Drufle (GM)
Alright, we have to fight for speed.

Cici
mind blown

Drufle (GM)
rolling 2d6( 6 + 6 ) = 12

Jack
what you see is teeth is actually the lines on the blade

Axel
rolling 1d6( 3 ) = 3

Drufle (GM)
rolling 2d6( 1 + 2 ) = 3

Axel
well I already lost

Drufle (GM)
2d6, buddy.

Axel
rolling 1d6( 5 ) = 5

Cici
aaaaa

Drufle (GM)
Alright then.

Axel
put those two together
I get 8

Drufle (GM)
Honedge, then Nickle, then Aegislash.

Romain
"Poltergeists were easier to defeat than these things!"

Drufle (GM)
The Honedge clangs its blade against Aegislash, and a piercing sound hits Nickl.e
Nickle*

Nickle squints

Drufle (GM)
Your turn!

Nickle
SpDef or Def?

Drufle (GM)
Neither.

Nickle
or does that always hit?

Drufle (GM)
Autohit.

Nickle
okay
Can I wait for Zoop to go?
assuming he has Water Sport

Drufle (GM)
... no, I don't believe so.

Nickle
I want to save my big hit

Drufle (GM)
I don't think you can delay actions in Pokemon.

Nickle
welp
fine

Romain
what does water sport do

Will
big zaps

Nickle
Will, should we take out Honedge first?
it could go in one hit if I'm lucky

Romain
oh

Will
Hmm...

Cici
if water sport would make it do 3 damage

Will
I'm not sure what's best

Nickle
one less attacker

Cici
its not worth hitting the honedge before water sport goes out

Will
i think

Cici
so hit the aegislash

Nickle
also, I have High SP ATK

Will
yes, honedge first
since its weaker, hp wise

Nickle
I do +1 damage

Cici
isn't it +1 to hit

Nickle
on my first hit
no, damage

Cici
man did i get that flipped again

Drufle (GM)
+1 damage on your first hit.

Cici
maaan

Nickle
So I can oneshot the honedge
alright!

Cici
go 4 it then

Nickle launches a revved thundershock at the Honedge

Nickle
rolling 3d6k2+6( 5 + 6 + 3 )+6 = 17

Cici
woah

Nickle
OH HELL YES

Drufle (GM)
Wow, alright.

Cici
noice

Drufle (GM)
That hits.

Nickle
dead Honedge
3 damage

Drufle (GM)
The Honedge is a bit crispy, and falls to the ground.

Will
w

Drufle (GM)
The Aegislash is noticeably annoyed by this.

Jack
flies into the wall yoou mean

Will
okay

Nickle glares at the Aegislash

Nickle
-Nothing personal

Will
he is all business

Axel
"Excellent hit, Nickle!"

Drufle (GM)
The Aegislash glares at Nickle eerily.
It glows a bright purple, and Nickle glows the same color.

Nickle engages in a staring contest

Nickle
-No fear-

Drufle (GM)
Zoop's turn!

Will
"Make it rain, Zoop!"

Nickle
what move was that even?

Jack
probably destiny bond

Drufle (GM)
Does it matter?

Nickle
yes

Drufle (GM)
>:D

Nickle
it always matters

Drufle (GM)
Does water sport auto-hit?

Zoop
Zoop points up and makes it Water Sport.
It does.

Drufle (GM)
Alright!

Nickle
oh boy

Zoop
Also as a note

Cici
zoop used Make It Rain

Drufle (GM)
Back to the left two Honedge then.

Zoop
all of us are affected

Romain
oh ok
just

Cici is soaked

Romain
weaken fire type moves
thanks

Zoop
well
not you guys
just this battle

Nickle
If I faint, Axel is catching a Honedge

Romain
good

Axel
I'm catching one regardless

Drufle (GM)
The Honedge on the right goes in to slash at Brunt!

Cici
if nickle faints axel passes out and magically teleports back to the pokemon center

Zoop
now why would we faint
trust in me, the woop

Drufle (GM)
rolling 3d6k2+6( 4 + 5 + 5 )+6 = 16
Whee!

Jack
1 dmg

Nickle
I don't trust in that Aegislash

Drufle (GM)
One?
How so?

Jack
you tell me I dunno

Nickle
Highstat
I'm pretty sure

Drufle (GM)
Four damage, actually.

Axel
or is this special

Cici
jesus christ
what

Axel
wait what?
Oh, steal
steel

Jack
oh
yeah

Drufle (GM)
Steel is good against Ice.

Axel
that a gone Brunt

Will
hey druf im wondering, would you let us switch battle

Drufle (GM)
3 damage, attack focus gives +1 for the first hit.

Will
like move

Cici
this is so much more confusing when you dont tell us what the actual attacks you're using are

Drufle (GM)
Sure!

Cici
lmao

Jack
1 health left then

Will
maybe if it used up a turn?

Drufle (GM)
That was Iron Head, just saying.

Will
That's fine.
Alright, I'll actually say the moves.
Very well.

Cici
i suppose its body is a head

Axel
What was it that Aegislash used!?

Drufle (GM)
Other Honedge goes in for Clara!

Axel
TELL ME

Will
oh man
i think

Drufle (GM)
It was Destiny Bond, yes.

Will
i think i kno-okay yeah

Axel
Oh hell

Drufle (GM)
Honedge uses Shadow Punch!

Will
you could swtich abttle
that may cancel it out

Axel
does that wear off when Aegislash acts?

Drufle (GM)
rolling 3d6k2+6( 5 + 4 + 3 )+6 = 15

Cici
"Watch it, Clara!"

Axel
I can't switch

Drufle (GM)
Whee!

Axel
I have no other mons

Cici
tie goes to the attacker right

Will
i mean move to another battle

Drufle (GM)
It does, yes.
2 damage to Clara.

Clara
Dx

Axel
I can't take it out in one hit
And you won't get to act until he does

Drufle (GM)
Clara, your turn.

Cici
god this is going so badly

Axel
so if he doesn't restore it, I'm okay

Cici
"Try a Sleep Powder this time!"

Will
i think i might be able to kill this guy
underdog and all

Cici
rolling 3d6k2+5( 2 + 4 + 5 )+5 = 14

Axel
do it after me

Cici
thats a physica attack

Drufle (GM)
Hits!

Axel
well, we don't have that choice
but still

Clara
>:[

Drufle (GM)
Brunt, your turn.
Poor Honedge is taking a floaty nap.

Jack
I use the potion in my inventory to heal brunt for 2 hp

Will
dang delinquent weaponry

Drufle (GM)
Good idea!

Axel
no, not a good idea
you can still get oneshot

Drufle (GM)
Alright, middle battle time.

Axel
3 hp won't save you
not from super-effective

Drufle (GM)
Honedge throws a Night Shade!

Jack
don't care

Drufle (GM)
rolling 3d6k2+5( 2 + 5 + 2 )+5 = 12

Jack
this is bloody roleplaying

Drufle (GM)
Nuts.

Romain
look at all this metagaming and not talking

Cici
guys if you look at my notes

Axel
Axel has nothing to say

Drufle (GM)
Well Romain, you're up.

Cici
Cici's Notes that one

Romain
"cough cough"

Cici
ive listed all the loot from last session
in case you havent updated what you got yet

Jack
oh thanku

Will
Will is slightly afraid of Nickle after his powerful attack.

Romain
oh can i move now

Will
He'll never admit it though.
Actually, he will.
If you ask.

Cici
jack you have a hyper potion btw

Drufle (GM)
It's your turn, Jack!

Will
But don't.

Drufle (GM)
Candle Jack, I mean.

Romain
which jack

Drufle (GM)
Did we rename him, I forget.

Nickle
-I'm a colleague, Will-

Romain
"Use Ember on that rude sword!"

Nickle
-I know you don't speak Mag, but its the thought that counts-


CandleJack
Jack looks confused at first, but then its flame takes the shape of a lightbulb

Drufle (GM)
You roll 3d6k2+SPATK

CandleJack
rolling 3d6k2+6( 5 + 4 + 3 )+6 = 15

Drufle (GM)
Nice!

Cici
nickle is the trainer, let's be honest

Drufle (GM)
And down goes the Honedge.

Axel
after my turn I'll eat dinner

CandleJack
":}"

Nickle
-Thank you for noticing, Cici-

Drufle (GM)
The ghosty sword kinda flips over to the ground.

Romain
":}"

Drufle (GM)
Alright, Nickle's turn!

Romain
"Banished to the Shadow Realm once more."

Nickle
"Zzzzzzt"

Will
Will picks up on the anime reference but is too embarassed to admit it.

Nickle floats up close to the Aegislash, face to face, then launches a point-blank Thundershock

Will
Also sort of busy I guess.

Nickle
rolling 3d6k2+6( 6 + 2 + 1 )+6 = 14
hmmm
not as good as I wanted

Drufle (GM)
That doesn't hit.
Unfortunately.

Nickle
crud

Cici
6 spdef?
wow

Romain
is destiny bond permanent in ppp

Will
weird

Drufle (GM)
Actually, wait.
No that does hit.
My numbers are mixed up.

Nickle
Thank you
3 damage

Drufle (GM)
Also destiny bond is only permanent until someone switches.
Noted!

Nickle
what

Romain
yeah that

Nickle
no, I ban it then
I can't switch at all

Will
Hmm

Drufle (GM)
You can!

Will
should i kill this thing then?

Nickle
WHERE

Drufle (GM)
We just talked about this like, ten mintues ago.

Will
Move battle

Drufle (GM)
You can switch between battles if you'd like.

Cici
wait
how do they have ultimate ghost

Nickle turns around and buzzes at Axel

Cici
do they have 4 boons???

Romain
they are stronk

Drufle (GM)
... maybe.

Axel
"Huh?"

Cici
son of a fuck

Axel
"Oh...oh right"

Cici
guys the wild swords are better than we are

Axel
"Will, that Aegislash used Destiny Bond"
"Please don't knock it out until Nickle can get away"

Romain
"DO IT, FOR THE GREATER GOOD"

Drufle (GM)
TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM

Will
"Oh, um...got it."

Romain
"The greater good, Will."

Will
"Zoop. Gentle whacks, okay?"

Nickle
-I will never forgive you if you let me faint-

Zoop
"Upa..."

Drufle (GM)
Take a swing!

Nickle
Angerly at Romain "Bzzt!"

Will
Who, me?

Drufle (GM)
Oh, whoops.

Nickle
It will faint no matter what you hit it with

Will
Isn't the aegi first

Drufle (GM)
It's Aegislash's turn.

Nickle
it has to be down to 1 or 2 hp
maybe 3, but thats pushing it

Will
It's not weak to water

CandleJack
nickle stop talking
aegislash used "ur a fuckin sword" and cuts off all our heads

Axel
yes, but water does 2 damage

Cici
i think aegislash has high hp

Drufle (GM)
Aegislash rears up and swings a Shadow Claw!

Axel
since it isn't resisted

Will
wait what is its hp value

Drufle (GM)
rolling 3d6k2+6( 2 + 4 + 3 )+6 = 13
NUTS

Axel
we don't know

Cici
proabbly 6 total so 3 now

Axel
also that doesn't hit

Romain
9999

Axel
ever

Will
Oh...hmm.

Drufle (GM)
I seem to have missed Nickle.

Axel
don't toy with my Mag's life, please

Drufle (GM)
Zoop?

Will
Alright, I can
do it

Romain
can i help with that battle

Will
"Right, Zoop, use-"

Drufle (GM)
At your turn, yes.

Zoop
Zoop continues using Water Sport.

Axel
Yes Romain, switch with me
I need to eat

Drufle (GM)
pfff

Axel
BRB

Romain
never

Will
I will actually end this next attack

Drufle (GM)
Alright, Zoop passes.

Will
worry not

Drufle (GM)
Left battle!

Will
You should help that other battle

Jack
romain really needs to be over here

Drufle (GM)
Wake on high.
rolling 1d6 ( 5 ) = 5
He wakes!

Cici
nuts

Will
dang o dangs

Drufle (GM)
He takes a Metal Claw at Clara!

Will
so if axel is moving over there, and romain
4v2

Drufle (GM)
rolling 3d6k2+6( 6 + 1 + 3 )+6 = 15

Cici
man sleep powder is really completely useless compared to stun spore

Drufle (GM)
Whoo!

Cici
thats a hit

Drufle (GM)
Two damage.

Cici
god you are so chuffed about murdering us

Clara
Dxx

Drufle (GM)
:P
I told you.
I warned you, dog.
Other Honedge!
Shadow Claw at Clara!
rolling 3d6k2+6 ( 4 + 1 + 1 )+6 = 11

Drufle (GM)
Nevermind.

Jack
can't I do a diving save

Drufle (GM)
Clara?

Jack
or something

Clara narrowly dodges the second swipe after taking the first to the face

Drufle (GM)
Diving?

Cici sweats nervously

Cici
"Uh..."

Drufle (GM)
There's no water.

Cici
"Axel! Switch with me!"

Jack
:I

Drufle (GM)
:P

Cici
"Proximity might sever the destiny bond!"

Axel
"Right!"

Will
what an odd sentence
out of context

Cici
im anime
can we use our whole turn to switch places
like switching pokemon

Drufle (GM)
Yes.

Cici
we didnt really decide

Will
this is really not a good place is it

Cici
ok coolio

Drufle (GM)
Brunt!

Will
it might hit you

Drufle (GM)
Your turn.

Cici
it might yeah

Jack
hmm

Cici
ideally romain will save us now

Romain
just bring the worm directly into the arms of the aegislash

Will
i can totally one shot this on my turn though

Cici
nickle was guaranteed dead otherwise

Romain
can we catch the boss pokemon

Cici
and ive got a second pokemon, so

Drufle (GM)
You can try!

Cici
it's based on actual catch rates
so i doubt it

Will
alrighty

Drufle (GM)
Odds are, you probably won't.

Will
its really hard to
its based on stat total
to give you a rough idea

Jack
I shall use Icy Wind on the one in front

Romain
im gonna do it
im gonna waster the ultra ball
-r

Drufle (GM)
Alright, roll to hit!

Jack
actually
steel resists ice doesn't it?
did I do my last attack roll wrong?

Drufle (GM)
Er...
You did, yes.

Jack
I just copied phoone

Drufle (GM)
I just, didn't notice.

Cici
lol
waster ball

Drufle (GM)
You should be dropping the highest, not the lowest.

Jack
well put that hp back on the sword

Drufle (GM)
No, it's been too long.

Jack
ok

Drufle (GM)
Gotta let it ride at this point.

Jack
minor blip in reality

Drufle (GM)
Rules are if a mistake was made more than a round ago, it is concrete.

Will
"O-oh! Hi, Clara."

Jack
so what is it, 3d6k-what

Will
"How's things."

Cici
"Clara can't hold on much longer."
"But uh, otherwise, great."

Drufle (GM)
Um, I don't know, actually.

Cici
"You look... well."

Drufle (GM)
Just roll 3d6.
We'll math it up.

Will
"Oh, I'm...okay. Zoop's having a great time, though."

Cici
with a disadvantage?
it's d2
er

Jack
rolling 3d6+4( 1 + 5 + 6 )+4 = 16

Cici
d1
i think

Zoop
Zoop is still spinning around, spraying water in the air.

Cici
drop highest
3d6d1?

Drufle (GM)
10, unfortunately.

Axel
I'm back
I see I moved
Thank you

Cici
rolling 3d6d1( 6 + 6 + 6 ) = 12
wow nice roll me

Drufle (GM)
That does not hit.

Jack
wah

Axel
you save my HOLY COW

Drufle (GM)
Romain!

Will
"He uh, really likes to Soak stuff."

Cici
nice

Romain
666

Axel
wait

Cici
but yeah it's 3d6d1

Axel
where is the +

Cici
that was a test roll axel

Axel
oh

Drufle (GM)
Romain, go join a battle!

Romain
what do

Drufle (GM)
Or just watch, I'm not your boss.

Cici
help me plz

Jack
help meee

Cici
kill sword mom

Will
no really i
i got this

Drufle (GM)
xD

Cici
if ur sure

Romain
"Maybe they'll all go away if the leader goes down."

Cici
oh right

Will
litreally one attack

Cici
water sport

Axel
okay so, what happened while I was gone?

Cici
fight the honedge
i guess

Romain
god

Cici
axel: we switched on my turn becaus ei was getting my ass kicked

Drufle (GM)
Aegislash's turn!

Cici
and you need destiny bond gone
wait what

Will
there is a tiny spider

Jack
aegislash kicks grub ass

Will
on my wall
its smol

Romain
????

Cici
it takes romain's whole turn to go over to another fight?

Axel
It is your new pokemon, Will
its a Joltik

Romain
that doesnt sound right

Cici
spide :)

Drufle (GM)
We decided on this!
Was nobody listening!

Axel
I wasn't here

Jack
of course not

Axel
I have plausable deniability

Cici
even though hes not fighting anyone now...?

Romain
if nobody else knows then we didnt decide as a group

Drufle (GM)
My goodness.

Jack
what do you take us for, good rp-ers

Drufle (GM)
Are we considering switching battles and joining battles different things?

Cici
yes

Drufle (GM)
Alright then.

Romain
is this not like sending in a pokemon when one has fainted already

Cici
i dont think it'd take your entire action to walk over to an existing fight
but it would take an action to lead a pokemon you're fighting somewhere else
or to run away while fighting

Drufle (GM)
It isn't like sending in a fainted pokemon because you're adding one to your fight.

Zoop
i dunno it needs some time usage or we'd be able to switch too freely
then theres no point in even having seperate battles

Axel
leaving a fight and joining one takes a turn

Cici
switching spots sitll takes an action streak

Axel
just joining a fight does not

Zoop
oh i see

Cici
if you beat your opponent you should be able to move on to another oen

Drufle (GM)
Alright, I accept this.

Cici
without wasting a turn

Romain
another one

Drufle (GM)
Romain, you may have a go.

Romain
another one

Axel
problem solved

Zoop
use judgement

Axel
oh that'd be wonderful

Nickle
"Bzzzrt"

Romain
"May I offer some assistance?"
"Use Ember again!"

Jack
"PLEASE"

Axel
"Oh! Yes, please"

Drufle (GM)
pfff


CandleJack
Jack knows what to do now.

Drufle (GM)
Human!Jack is so terrified.

CandleJack
rolling 3d6k2+6( 4 + 6 + 2 )+6 = 16

Drufle (GM)
Rightfully so!

Axel
nice hit

Drufle (GM)
Oh geez.

Jack
"my baby is being smashed to bits :<"

Drufle (GM)
There goes the Honedge.

Axel
super effective

Drufle (GM)
Swords being knocked out left and right!
Now, it's actually Aegislash's turn.

Cici
mfw jack calls his bergmite 'my baby'

Axel
Two more mons left

Jack
"so ...cool...."

Drufle (GM)
Curse time!

Axel
uh oh

Drufle (GM)
rolling 3d6k2+4( 4 + 1 + 2 )+4 = 10
Whelp.

Axel
that's not hitting anyone

CandleJack
"Jack please don't try to eat them right away."

Cici
lmao

CandleJack
oops

Drufle (GM)
So, Zoop.

CandleJack
pretend i said that


Nickle
Nickle slow claps


CandleJack
Jack looks disappointed

Drufle (GM)
How about you do something.

Cici
zoop uses like

Nickle
-Yes please-

Cici
martial arts

Will
"Zoop, c'mon! Now!"

Cici
like we try and get him to fight in a turn based system and hes just suplexing shit
too strong for this world

Drufle (GM)
Zangiefs all of the swords.

Zoop
Zoop spins faster, inflates its cheeks and Super Water Guns the Aegislash.

Romain
zooplex the train

Zoop
rolling 2d6+5( 4 + 3 )+5 = 12

Drufle (GM)
Nope!

Zoop
Yep!
Underdoooog

Drufle (GM)
DANGIT

Zoop
hooo

Cici
lol

Axel
XD

Zoop
thats 3 damage

Cici
too strong

Drufle (GM)
And there goes the Aegislash.

Axel
Beautiful

Romain
zoop is the hero need but not the one we deserve

Axel
amen to that

Cici
dont you get advantage too

Drufle (GM)
The bladed beast drops his shield, and slumps to the ground.

Cici
for stab

Romain
drufle i think you should just X the fainted wild pokemon so we can see what we try to catch

Zoop
Zoop blows a little bubble.

Axel
I believe so

Zoop
Pop.

Drufle (GM)
The remaining Honedge, noticing that he is against three pokemon.

Cici
oh hes outta there

Drufle (GM)
Decides that he should probably be going.

Cici
later nerd

Jack
one of wqhich is lying bleeding on the ground

Romain
smell you later

Jack
well, watering

Will
"Woah!"

Romain
"Easy peasy."

Drufle (GM)
Alright, capture time.

Cici
so we've got two which are shocked, one burned, and the aegislash?

Nickle
-Thats my job done-

Zoop
"¦D"

Cici
no wait
2 burned 1 shocked
mb

Romain
"But you need to rest, Jack."

Nickle grabs a Pokeball from Axel

Zoop
one is wet

Jack cudddles his stricken ice cube

Romain
"I think we need to make some new friends."

Cici
w e t

Nickle drops a pokeball onto a Honedge

Axel
What do I roll?

Cici
"Make your captures while you can, guys. I think they've decided this cave isn't worth their interest."

Drufle (GM)
It's, uh.

Romain
how to catch pokeman

Axel
Aptitude + 20?

Cici
so a 2d6 + aptitude + 20

Drufle (GM)
Aptitude check plus capture strength.

Axel
rolling 2d6 + 6 + 20( 4 + 2 )+6+20 = 32
like that?

Drufle (GM)
Wow, that actually misses.

Axel
WHAT

Drufle (GM)
Literally by one.

Zoop
;-;

Cici
ouch

Axel
I just...why

Drufle (GM)
Honedge is a 33.

Axel
It was a Steel type too

Romain
how about me

Jack
nickle magnetized the ball and shorted it out

Axel
"Oh...oh dear"

Cici
romain whats ur aptitude

Drufle (GM)
Everyone gets a chance to catch, if they want.

Romain
"I wonder if I can get... that Aegislash."

Will
zoop, hold it down!!

Axel
"That didn't work"
Aegislash would be impossible

Cici
a regular pokeball is likely incapable of getting the aegislash

Zoop
zoop is dragged away by a floating sword

Cici
if you have an ultra ball that COULD work

Drufle (GM)
You have ultra balls, of course.

Jack
do we???

Axel
Some does
I do not

Drufle (GM)
A few, yes.
Or you can just catch a Honedge.

Cici
romain and i each have one
get the honedge
evolved pokemon aren't that much tougher
without the boons

Romain
i have 4 aptitude tho

Axel is crestfallen after failing to catch a Honedge

Nickle collects the scraps of the pokeball

Drufle (GM)
Well you better pick quickly!

Romain
uno momento brb

Cici
D:

Drufle (GM)
Alright then.

Axel
give him a sec

Zoop
nickle cares about the environment

Nickle
-I want the parts-

Romain
rolling 2d6+4+40( 2 + 1 )+4+40 = 47
shit

Drufle (GM)
To be honest, it wouldn't be immensely difficult to catch Aegislash with an ultra ball.

Zoop
he's so caring

Nickle
there you go

Drufle (GM)
Granted that fails.

Cici
lmao
i told u bro

Nickle
was that a Honedge or Aegislash grab?

Drufle (GM)
Shouldn't have cursed that.

Romain
"Next time..."

Zoop
Zoop picks up the remains
of the ultra ball

Nickle
Cici, you are our only hope

Drufle (GM)
Anyone else want to try and catch one?

Cici
hell naw

Jack
do you think nickle is grumpy because his master spelled his name wrong

Nickle
You have a reason to catch it

Will
I'm good.

Cici
why do i

Romain
revenge

Cici
that's no bug!!

Jack
I don't want these vicious beasts

Nickle
You are a researcher

Cici
"Let's let them go. Who knows how they even got down here."

Nickle
also you can give it to someone else

Cici
doesnt mean i catch everything in sight

Nickle
i'm sure

Romain
"Can I try again."

Will
can we?

Cici
the captures were simultaneous

Nickle
You SHOULD be catching everything in sight

Cici
i saw you guys going for them and held back

Will
I guess so

Cici
it's not in character for me to do so, hora

Drufle (GM)
Romain, you only can if you try and catch the Honedge instead.

Romain
yeah the honedge

Cici
cici is only interested in grass and bug types, personally

Drufle (GM)
You only get one chance to catch a Pokemon.

Cici
and is in no rush to grab every single thing in sight

Romain
can I roll for pokeball

Nickle
Regular balls have a chance of getting a honedge

Cici
suddenly, through time travel, the ultra ball flies backwards and twoards honedge instead
magic

Drufle (GM)
Yes, roll a Pokeball.
Since you have no more Ultra Balls.

Zoop
Zoop hands the remains of the ultra ball to Nickle.

Nickle attempts to get the ultraball scraps from Zoop

Nickle
oh, thank you

Romain
rolling 2d6+4+20( 3 + 5 )+4+20 = 32

Drufle (GM)
...
Really?

Nickle collects the scraps

Romain
why
did it fail too

Nickle
that was a wash

Drufle (GM)
By one, again.

Nickle
it was what I rolled

Jack
this is your hubris

Drufle (GM)
Both of you rolled a 32, when the DC for Honedge is 33.

Romain
nice

Nickle
that is beyond infuriating

Will
it happens

Drufle (GM)
Well, that's too bad.

Nickle
yeah

Will
i would get used to it

Drufle (GM)
So!
Treasure!

Romain
"Sigh... technology. Is not that amazing."

Nickle
next day, I supposed

Will
rolling 2d6+6( 5 + 6 )+6 = 17
give

Drufle (GM)
Wow.

Cici is too busy looking at Clara's injuries to give a rat's ass!!!

Nickle
-Hey! I'm technology-

Will
coguht up the ufkcing goods

Drufle (GM)
Interestingly enough.

Cici
is that a fossil or does jack have to make the roll for one

Drufle (GM)
That was such a good roll, every one of you gets to roll for goods!

Will
Will is also concerned for Clara

Romain
whats roll

Axel
wait, really?

Cici
sword loot

Jack
hh

Drufle (GM)
Just a 1d6.

Cici
it's an attention roll
oh?
ok

Axel
rolling 1d6( 4 ) = 4

Cici
rolling 1d6( 4 ) = 4

Will
do i roll

Drufle (GM)
You're rolling for treasure.

Jack
rolling 1d6( 1 ) = 1

Axel
team 4

Drufle (GM)
Everybody!

Jack
aahahahahahahahahahahahah

Romain
rolling 1d6( 3 ) = 3

Will
rolling 1d6( 4 ) = 4

Cici
aw, jack :(

Drufle (GM)
Alright, one sec.

Will
we can share

Axel
I don't think any number is bad, persey

Drufle (GM)
Big Pearl, 1 hyper potion, 1 revive, 1 potion for the four kids.

Will
our parents taught us

Axel
but Jack wants fossils

Romain
Giant Pearl

Drufle (GM)
Stardust, 1 ether, 1 revive, 2 full heal for Romain.

Jack
I think some are, and don't call me persey

Axel
team 4!

Drufle (GM)
4 potion, 5 Pokéball, 2 revive, 1 ether for Jack.

Romain
hell yeah i got some DRUGS

Drufle (GM)
Also, Jack.

Jack
:')

Drufle (GM)
I had decided earlier that you may make an Attention check while in Caves for free fossils.

Romain
"What is this... do I inhale this?"

Drufle (GM)
Whenever you get treasure from an encounter.
Because really, they're really everywhere around here.

Will
"Is she okay? I've got a revive if you need it..."

Drufle (GM)
Really.

Axel
how much does Big Pearl sell for?

Cici
"I think people buy that stuff... It's a narcotic."
"Er uh it's pretty."

Jack
ok

Cici
"She'll survive. She's tough."

Clara
>:O

Drufle (GM)
Big Pearl is 3000 pokeyen.

Clara strong

Will
how does exp work again did we get 1 for this

Axel
sell them all, divide the money?

Drufle (GM)
Two!

Axel
2 EXP

Drufle (GM)
Everyone gets 2 exp.
Jack, make an attention check, if you like.
See if we can't get you a fossil.

Will
That's 6exp for now

Jack
gimme me a moment my inventory's all wacked out

Drufle (GM)
Fair enough.

Axel
we got 3 big pearls total, right?

Drufle (GM)
Correct.

Will
how did pearls get here

Axel
so 9000 pokeyen
split 5 ways
1800?
wait

Drufle (GM)
Will: how did swords get here?

Axel
I'm doing this wrong

Will
Chaos Energy of course

Drufle (GM)
:P

Axel
no wait, I was right
1800 pokeyen for everyone?
in exchange for 3 big pearls?
is everyone okay with this?

Drufle (GM)
Provided you aren't splitting the other money objects.

Romain
there should be vending machines that spit out money in exchange for these

Axel
we decided that money objects instantly turn into money

Drufle (GM)
Correct.
For maximum efficiency.

Romain
liquidate my drugs

Cici
well lets see

Romain
too

Axel
so 3 pearls divided amongst all of us

Cici
hm

Axel
is 1800 yen

Cici
if loot is coming prepackaged like this

Will
we can really

Axel
for each

Will
sort this out later

Cici
we could just keep it all per person
i mean jack got no money but he got a shitload of basic items

Romain
yee

Will
i want to find the final boss

Jack
Ok

Will
pretty sure its just in this next room

Jack
rolling 2d6+6( 6 + 6 )+6 = 18

Axel
Pearls at session end, then?

Drufle (GM)
Wow, ok.

Will
its Mega Dunsparce

Axel
also nice roll

Drufle (GM)
Yeah absolutely.
Roll 2d6 to determine fossil!

Cici
u found fossilized shit

Jack
"My siginficant sense is tingling"
rolling 2d6 ( 1 + 5 ) = 6

Cici
fossil butt

Axel
If you get Shieldon, I want

Cici
u revived: windie

Axel
Noooo

Nickle glares at Phoone

Drufle (GM)
Alright, I know what that is.
Would you like to know?

Cici
u cant glare at me this is ooc

Jack
just gimme a lump of rock pls

Cici
highly non canon
unglareable

Nickle
-How you gonna stop me, Phoone?-

Drufle (GM)
It's a very neat looking rock!

Cici
who said that

Jack
I shall find out when SCIENCE REVIVES THE DEAAAD

Cici
i heard nothing

Drufle (GM)
You are most certain it is a fossil!

Jack
"Ooh, a neat-looking ro-I mean a fossil!"

Axel
"Fossil?"

Axel examines the rock

Cici
"Nice find, Jack!"

Will
was clara healed

Nickle wanders around, looking for exits

Jack
"Can't tell what it is yet, but I'm excited to find out"

Will
i missed that bit

Cici
using the hyper potion i just got im healing her

Drufle (GM)
You should heal up, yes.

Cici
"Here, hold still, girl."

Nickle
Was I hit?
I don't remember

Clara
xO

Jack
"can't understand why it's up here though. maybe whatever made the tunnel brought it up from the bedrock."

Drufle (GM)
Now that the battle is over, you can get a better look at the chamber.

Cici
"Or maybe we're deeper than we thought."

Romain
do i have potions

Cici
looks like no

Romain
sad

Cici
you dont need one tho do you?

Jack
spent a potion and brunt is refrigerated

Zoop
Zoop sprays a little water at Clara.

Nickle
He got hit hard

Romain
2 damage

Clara
:D!

Axel
well, okay, not that hard

Romain
"Ok Jack let's find some dark nook for you to do your business."

Clara gleefully splashes around in the puddle

Cici
ew

Jack
"spray some over here Zoop, I need to glue these bits back on"

Drufle (GM)
Now that you look at it, this chamber looks almost spherical. What's going on here?

Will
its all muddy

Drufle (GM)
There is only one tunnel leading out, straight ahead from where you entered.

Nickle stares at his map, looking confused as to how round it is

Cici
pokemon areas need catchy names so im calling this Charred Cavern

Will
do pokemon poop in this canon

Romain
too bad litwick needs hp as its high stat to get draining kiss

Drufle (GM)
Shall we continue forward?
or should we head back?

Cici
lets dialogue

Nickle
is there a forward?

Drufle (GM)
Good idea.

Will
i see no reason to turn back

Cici
"The rest of this path was a straight tunnel..."

Drufle (GM)
There is only one tunnel leading out, straight ahead from where you entered.

Cici
"What happened here?"

Will
"Maybe if we keep going, we can find out."

Axel
"Fire, definitely fire"

Cici
brb

Romain
can i get exp whenever i feed my pokemon my life force

Drufle (GM)
Er, no.
That sounds terrible.

Will
is that safe

Romain
did you mean: very yes

Drufle (GM)
Doesn't that hurt? A lot?

Axel scoops up some burnt dirt and looks at it

Jack
do I get xp when finding fossils or reviving them or what

Romain
probably

Jack
wasn't wrtiitng reports?

Drufle (GM)
Jack: yes.

Will
can i use my revive on romain

Drufle (GM)
You have to revive them, and then write a report on them.

Will
i might need to at some point
apparenlty

Jack
wah

Axel
I need to find some reason to invent a thing

Romain
espers probably have lots of that stuff

Drufle (GM)
Axel: It's still the same day!
You won't get any exp if you do that.

Axel
oh
wait, CAN I still do that?

Drufle (GM)
Of course!

Axel
just without more EXP

Drufle (GM)
You just won't get any exp for it.

Axel
Oh this power just got better

Drufle (GM)
So, talking?
Or forward?

Axel
Axel is focused on burnt dirt
can I roll Attention?

Drufle (GM)
Sure!

Romain
i actually have no idea how we got here

Axel
rolling 2d6 + 5( 5 + 2 )+5 = 12

Romain
since i logged in late
what happen

Axel
we walked down a tunnel

Drufle (GM)
You followed the tunnel that was made in the ground outside.

Will
we walked in after axel dug it out

Axel
from last time

Romain
oh ok

Drufle (GM)
Axel: This chamber is smooth and covered in a varyingly thick layer of soot.

Will
he used a "" Shove El ""

Drufle (GM)
The ground seems quite clean, though.

Axel
"Very odd"
"Very very very odd"

Axel continues to search around the room

Drufle (GM)
So?
What's everyone doing?

Will
rolling 2d6+6( 5 + 3 )+6 = 14
attn

Axel
Axel is in his own world, sort of

Romain
"Should we look for more clues, gang?"

Drufle (GM)
Ah, ok.

Will
"This is really strange..."

Drufle (GM)
Will: You notice some odd footprints in the ground, in addition to what Axel saw.

Will
"I guess some kind of Fire pokemon did this...?"

Romain
does litwick provide illumination

Will
"Wait...uh..."
"Hey, there's footprints."

Drufle (GM)
They're vaguely squarish, with four toes in cardinal directions.

Romain
everyone probably has flashlights
is that heatran
jesus

Drufle (GM)
Romain: Litwick is light, yes.
That's what we've been assuming.

Will
"Uh..."
"What kind of pokemon tracks are these?"
"I need some smart people over here."

Zoop
"Upa."

Romain
"Pokedexes?"

Drufle (GM)
If only we had scientists!

Axel is on the other side of the room from Will

Cici
im back

Drufle (GM)
Or researchers!

Cici
sorry
too much pizza
ow

Axel
I'm not a biologist

Will
"Yeah, but are you a pokémon researcher?"

Zoop
"Upa."

Cici
"Did you really?"
"Let me take a look."

Will
"I think you made that up."

Romain
"Do these things have a record of pokedexes. Or do I have to download an app or...."

Cici
do i recognize them

Drufle (GM)
Absolutely not.

Zoop
"Upa-pa!"

Jack
"I still think MR. Axel misspelled your name, Nickle"

Cici
"I have."
"No idea what pokemon this is."

Nickle
-what?-

Romain
"Do we have to look around town for a footprint expert?"

Drufle (GM)
You can roll aptitude if you'd like, for vague info.

Will
"We can probably assume it did...this."

Drufle (GM)
Weight, height, body shape.

Cici
rolling 2d6+6( 6 + 6 )+6 = 18

Drufle (GM)
Things like that.

Cici
noice

Drufle (GM)
Oh.

Will
its a heatran you suddenly remember

Nickle
"Zzzzt?" to Jack

Drufle (GM)
It is precisely 5'7", weighs about 900 pounds, and is quadrupedal.

Romain
its charmander

Jack
yah we know who dis is

Romain
how the heck

Jack
but dey don'

Cici
who's that pokemon

Will
dumb ol kids

Jack
hotrun

Drufle (GM)
Unfortunately, I doubt you've seen or even heard of a Heatran before.

Cici
"I'm gonna guess this thing is... roughly human height. but much heavier."

Drufle (GM)
But that is indeed what this is.

Will
"Wow, you can tell that just from the tracks?"

Jack
the bounders

Nickle looks down at the tracks

Will
nickle activated scanning mode

Drufle (GM)
More interestingly, you notice something else.

Cici
"It reminds me a lot of a torterra, in shape."

Drufle (GM)
The tracks seem to start in this cavern!

Cici
"And the way the footprints are dug in etc etc."
they just? show up here?
from nowhere?

Drufle (GM)
You never noticed these footprints in the tunnel you arrived in.
They start at one point, and then continue towards that tunnel in front of you.

Will
"We could follow them. This thing looks dangerous though."

Romain
"Up?"

Axel digs into the side of the wall with his hands

Jack
"I think I'd like to go home now..."

Cici
"Hey guys, this is weird."

Drufle (GM)
The soot crumbles underneath Axel's hands.

Cici
"The tracks just... appear in this cavern."

Romain
"Can it walk on the ceiling?"

Nickle
(To Cici) "ZZZZT!?"

Romain
is that a larvitar

Will
"So...did it dig this tunnel?"

Cici
"That's a good question, Romain."

Nickle looks for tracks on the ceiling or walls

Will
"If the tracks start here, that would make no sense."

Drufle (GM)
There are no footprints on the ceiling, no.

Cici
"Does anyone see any on the entrance tunnel? Any markings at all?"

Romain
"I've seen my share of people walking on ceilings."

Nickle shakes no

Cici
"Perhaps this is a different beast than the one that created our sinkhole."
"One that. Somehow just appeared in this cavern and then went through that other tunnel."
"I don't know either."

Zoop
there is no larvitar in ba sing se

Axel
Do I find anything over here

Drufle (GM)
Over there?

Romain
can i use

Axel reaches for his notebook, but does find it

Axel
yes

Romain
uhh

Axel
*doesn't
not does
he doesn't find his notebook

Drufle (GM)
Roll attention.

Will
"So it was here, underground, then something came through?"

Axel
rolling 2d6 + 5( 5 + 6 )+5 = 16
thats a better roll

Drufle (GM)
If only you guys rolled this well in combat.

Axel
I did my part

Drufle (GM)
You notice that there is a lot of soot.

Cici
if we had like
one pokemon that wasn't resistant to all my attacks

Drufle (GM)
But underneath the soot is... some sort of granite.

Will
"Although, I guess some pokémon can teleport, so it could have just appeared here."

Cici
id be doing gr8

Drufle (GM)
Cici: Yeah, sorry about type matchups.

Axel
soot
is that all

Cici
"A teleporting pokemon that can cause this kind of damage? That's terrifying..."

Axel
not even composistion of soot?

Cici
"Perhaps we should head back here."

Drufle (GM)
There's granite under the soot!

Cici
"I mean, this needs to be investigated, but it's seeming awfully dangerous."

Drufle (GM)
But no, the soot is just soot.
Nothing special.

Axel
"Uh, guys? How deep are we?"
"Also, has anyone seen my notebook?"

Zoop
"Upa."

Cici
"Can't say I have, Axel."

Moppy
guys I am sorry but I must take leave here

Romain
we dont know whats deeper into the cavern right

Axel
Nooooo

Moppy
can't get engaged

Will
Will shakes his head.

Romain
can i light it up with the fire

Cici
"I really think we should head back."

Axel
well, bye mopp

Drufle (GM)
You haven't looked into the tunnel, no.

Moppy
have funtimes

Drufle (GM)
You can spit an Ember or something down it, if you'd like.

Romain
how about control fire

Drufle (GM)
Ah!
Field moves!
Fantastic.
Roll your special ability check.

Will
considering the heat, this whole thing happened a while back but not too long
id say

Romain
oop
mouse acting up
ok lessee

Nickle just floats there, Axel's Notebook and pen still in its hands

Drufle (GM)
Man, that Magnemite is a hassle.

Will
'''''hands''''''

Nickle
-I've been drawing maps

Romain
whats the die roll
2d6?
1d6...

Cici
2d6 + special training i think

Will
man you're very dexterious with htose magnets

Drufle (GM)
2d6.
It's always 2d6.

Axel doesn't even notice Nickle

Will
im guessing its a metal pen

Nickle
-I need to be dexterous-
-How else will I do my job?-

Romain
"Hey Jack, how about we light up the cavern a bit. How far can you do it?"

Will
"You're good at drawing maps, Nickle."

Axel begins looking around for his Notebook

CandleJack
???

Nickle is not even surprised

CandleJack
ok roll
rolling 2d6+6 ( 1 + 5 )+6 = 12

Axel
"Bzzt"
Woops

Nickle
"Bzzt"

Cici
ouch

Drufle (GM)
Alright, well.

CandleJack
120 "litres" of fire?

Will
Will continues to admire the handiwork.

Axel
what does that mean?

CandleJack
no idea

Axel
sounds like a lot of fire

Drufle (GM)
That means you've created a lot of fire.

Will
17 barrels of fire.

Drufle (GM)
And can control it for up to 10 seconds.

Cici
"Be careful!"

Romain
"Now make it into a long tendril so we can see into the cave!"

Victor , having just popped out of his pokeball, screams and jumps back in

Drufle (GM)
pfff
FIRE EVERYWHERE

Clara
:o

Drufle (GM)
Shouldn't Clara be more worried?

Zoop
:0

Nickle floats a little higher up, away from the heat

CandleJack
i have no idea how big 120 liters is

Drufle (GM)
What with the whole 4x?

Cici
clara fears nothing

CandleJack
is that like

Drufle (GM)
It's, large.

CandleJack
120 bottles

Drufle (GM)
I guess.

Zoop
clara is still in that puddle

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, that.
60 two-liter bottles.

CandleJack
i imagine the tendril is as thick as a bottle

Zoop
what kind of metric system is this

Drufle (GM)
So 120 one-liter bottle lengths long.
Sure, let's go with that.

Nickle
how do you even measure fire?

Cici
"I certainly hope no other pokemon have wandered down there..."

CandleJack
only coke bottles pls

Drufle (GM)
You light up a vast amount of the tunnel in front of you with a lick of flame, and the bright light reflects off of something far down the tunnel.

Will
pepsi bottles are thicker

Cici
"Although it must have made contact with some sort of cave system, or else the honedge wouldnt have gotten down here."

CandleJack
pls rollerino

Will
we need standarised bottle units

Nickle puts Axel's notebook back into his coat pocket

Romain
"Tell me, friends. What. do. you. see."

Will
rolling 2d6+6( 5 + 6 )+6 = 17
everything

Drufle (GM)
The reflection seems like some sort of metallic substance, but you can't tell from this distance.

Axel
rolling 2d6 + 5( 3 + 2 )+5 = 10

Drufle (GM)
It's reflecting off of something big.

Axel
oh crap
theres a thing

Will
"There's something big and shiny down there."
Is it moving?

Axel
"What?"

Will
can i tell that

Romain
tfw it absorbs the fire for flash fire

Drufle (GM)
It is now.

Will
"It's...moving. I think."

Axel
"Uhh...moving?"

Romain
"CLosER or"

Drufle (GM)
Closer, most certainly.

Axel
"Welp..."

Will
"The light is dancing around."
"Uh..."

Axel turns around

Will
"Yes. Closer."

Cici
"Perhaps we should run?"

Romain
"MISTAKE"

Axel
"Uhahaha...lets go"

Nickle zaps Axel

Drufle (GM)
The moving shape roars as Jack's flames dissipate.

Axel jumps and runs

Cici
"I really don't like this..."

Drufle (GM)
You hear the cave around you begin to shake.

Zoop
Zoop spits water at the darkness.

Axel
I'm gone

Zoop
and blows a raspberry, before joining the escape.

Romain
"The beast! Is very slowly coming this way!"

Will
"C'mon, you." snatch

Romain
can we run away now

Zoop
"Upa!"

Drufle (GM)
Yes, we're out.

Will
flee

Axel stops to catch his breath

Romain
"We should cover that hole. Temporarily."

phoone
welp

Drufle (GM)
You all bolt out of the cavern, and a few seconds later the cavern collapses behind you.

Romain
""temporarily.""

Cici
somehow my browser decided to refresh the page

Axel pats himself down, checking to make sure he is alright

Romain
oh

Axel
"Wait..."

Will
"G-geez!!"

Axel
"Guys! I found my notebook!"

Cici
"We should hurry to shelter."

Will
"We almost DIED."

Cici
"I don't want to be out if that thing makes more sinkholes."

Drufle (GM)
You can still hear the roaring underground, but it seems quite subdued.

Zoop
Zoop has fallen asleep in Will's hood.

Cici
"I hope those pokemon are okay..."

Romain
"That was straight out of a kaiju film."

Axel
"It was just in my right pocket, not my left"

Will
"(at a time like this...)"

Drufle (GM)
Hm.
Who's up for a luck roll?

Will
sure

Cici
what stat is that

Romain
what are thoooose

Will
what do i do

Nickle
-I put the Notebook there...-

Drufle (GM)
Just roll a 2d6!

Nickle
rolling 2d6( 3 + 5 ) = 8

Will
rolling 2d6( 5 + 3 ) = 8

Drufle (GM)
I'll decide if things go well or not.

Cici
rolling 2d6( 5 + 2 ) = 7

Romain
rolling 2d6( 5 + 3 ) = 8

Cici
we are very average

Nickle
this us...

Drufle (GM)
Wow, fine, alright.

Nickle
yeah, we average

Romain
the ground collapses again
into the jaws of heatran
roll for new characters

Drufle (GM)
No, nothing happens.

Romain
aww

Will
incredibly nothing

Cici
we all sort of stand aroudn for a second

Drufle (GM)
Aside from a plume of flame firing out of the ground about 50 feet away.

Romain
":I"

Cici
.....

Axel begins writing in his notebook

Will
"AAAA."

Nickle
"Zzzzzrt"

Cici
"Might I make my "shelter" suggestion again?"

Drufle (GM)
It fires about a hundred feet into the sky, and then disappears.

Axel
"Hm? Shelter?"

Will
Will's speechless.

Romain
"What are we even DOING here there should be volcano scientists here or something."

Axel
"Uh...would that even help?"

Zoop
zzz ¦)

Cici
"Let's get out of here!!"

Drufle (GM)
To the lab?

Axel
"Uh, right, let me put my notebook away first"

Drufle (GM)
Or somewhere else?

Will
"are volcano scientists a thing?"

Cici
brb

Drufle (GM)
Volcanologists, yes.

Axel
I think that falls under geology

Romain
"Volchiatrists"

Will
Will looks up the term in his pokéthing
"Oh, they're called Volcanologists."

Drufle (GM)
Another geyser of flame shoots up on the other side of you, about 40 feet away.

Romain
"Volcanonomists?"

Will
"That's a cool name..."
"AAAAA"

Nickle zaps Will to attention

Cici
"LEAVE. NOW."

Nickle
"Zzzt"

Will
"That one was closer!!"

Drufle (GM)
In case it isn't clear, you should probably leave unless you want a fight.

Cici
"LET'S GO!!"

Will
"I know it!!"

Nickle points to the pillars of fire

Will
"GOO."

Romain
"I will follow you."

Will
that was enlongated go
not goo

Axel
"Right! Right right right!"

Romain
goo
theres that noise again
i dont like this track
its creepy

Aidan
"Oh? What are you all doing back here?"

Axel
"Fire, lots of fire"

Romain
"Jack was enjoying it."

Cici
"I'm..."

Cici is a little lightheaded

Aidan
"Fire? But there hasn't been any volcanic activity in this area for ages.
"

Romain
wheres my pokemon

Cici
"You guys fill him in. I'm gonna go grab a drink."

Will
Will takes a seat and lies down on the desk.

Axel
"Why did we go in that tunnel?"

Cici
shouted over her shoulder, as she walks away "Because it was there!"

Zoop
¦0

Axel just realized that he is covered in soot

CandleJack
test
"It was terrifying!"
nuts

Axel
Got some on his hands, then patted himself without washing them first

Jack
are you jack

Will
that will never stop being funny

Jack
there good
"It was terrifying!"

Drufle (GM)
I can't tell which Jack is which.

Axel
"Metal, fire"
"Why am I covered in soot?"

Aidan
"Now calm down everyone, what happened?"

Axel
"I swear I didn't roll in it"


CandleJack
Jack is missing but very excited

Nickle sits on top of the machine

Will
you think you're having trouble this is going to mess up the log very badly

Drufle (GM)
We really need to change one of these names.

Axel
We need to rename someone

Will
well

Axel
Jack can be William instead

Will
just put a space after your name

Cici
Will I Am

Will
thats fine for me
and not noticable

Axel
no wait, not William
Jerome
Or Jason

Will
i wouldn't want anyone to have to rename because of a log

Aidan
"Fire? Metal? Soot? Where were you anyway?"

Will
it doesn't seem -that- important

Axel
"Underground"

Cici
one of u explain what actually happened pls

Axel
You expect Axel to give a clear rendition?

Cici
miss cici is taking an advil

Will
let axel do it he's composed

Aidan
"U-underground? How?"
"The nearest cave entrance isn't for miles!"

Cici
no i meant a trainer, like nickle

Axel
"Not a cave, tunnel"

Will
make jack-kid do it he's cool

Aidan
"A tunnel? Well that's strange, where was it?"

Nickle
-If Aiden speaks Pokemon, then I'll explain
-Actually, wait-

Nickle steals Aiden's Notebook

Nickle then begins writing an explanation in it

Cici
can he use lil thunderbolts to write
thats adorb

Nickle
-I own pen-

Aidan
"Nickle, could you please stop messing with my things?"

Nickle
-No-

Will
Pen is the new meme, GUn is dead

Cici
old mcdonald had a
pen

Aidan
"Well how did this tunnel get made? I haven't seen any recently."

Nickle
-Give me a second-
"ZZZT"

Aidan
"What is it?"

Nickle finishes writing

Nickle gives the notebook back to Aiden

Will
you think everyone would be more curious about nickles advanced intelligence

Aidan
"Oh, an explanation."

Nickle
"zrt"

Will
we can just gloss over that though

Aidan
"Not sure why I had to receive it from you but sure, I've seen stranger."

Axel
There is an explanation

Will
can nickle get his qualifications
Aidan flips through the new pages of his notebook quickly.

Axel
Aiden hasn't been working with Hawthorn that long, has he?

Will
ace exams

Axel
Nickle already has his PhD

Will
the whole operation is quite new

CandleJack
name jack candlejack

Will
so possibly not

Aidan
"5'7", about 900 pounds, quadrupedal, burns everything around it and glints like metal..."

Nickle
Or he would if they let him

CandleJack
sry i needto afk for a bit

Aidan
"By Arceus, did you kids really run into Heatran?"

Will
candlejacklurk you can rename your things

Axel
"You know what this is?"

Will
Will googles Heatran

Aidan
"Yes, I've heard some rumors around that Heatran has been sighted in the area."

Will
bulbapedia? whats that

Axel
Bulbapedia is canon

Aidan
"It's a legendary creature, the lord of volcanoes."

Axel
Nickle's worst nightmare, next to Diglet

Aidan
"Incredibly dangerous, you kids are lucky you weren't hurt."

Axel
"I might have got burnt, theres soot all over me"

Cici
walking back from the other room or the other side of the room or wherever advil is "Whatever it was, it was certainly angry."

Aidan
"I can't imagine why it would be angry, or why it's even here in the first place!"

Cici
"There were a couple things which didn't make sense..."

Cici says the things about the weird footprints, and the tunneling

Aidan
"It appeared in the middle of the cavern?"

Axel
Nickles already gave him an explaination
the full thing

Cici tells him about how the tunnel was in a totally straight line even though it doubled back on itself, etc

Axel
he already knows this

Aidan
"Well that's not even possible, that seems ridiculous."

Cici doesn't know that he knows this because cici was out of the room!!

Axel
ah whatever

Aidan
"How could it have appeared... and made such clean tunnels..."

Nickle
-Do I have to write her an explanation too?-

Will
Will is still stressed about the day's events.

Cici
aaaaaaa
Aidan puts down his book and thinks to himself.

Will
His feet hurt, mostly.

Zoop
¦D

Nickle pats Cici on the back

Aidan
"I don't think I can possibly come up with an explanation for this, it all seems so... odd."

Axel
"I think we need to turn in for the day"

Will
"Do you think that tunnel was made by a pokémon, or something else?

Aidan
"Heatran appearing out of nowhere when it isn't even indigenous to the region, seemingly teleporting into the cavern.."
"No, I am quite certain that Heatran created those tunnels."

Cici
"If I'm honest, I'm still a bit rattled from all of that."

Aidan
"They're known for doing that, but usually it's much deeper underground."

Will
"I guess they were quite warm."

Aidan
"You all should go sleep, you've earned some rest."

Cici
"I could stand to have a little desk time."

Axel
"The heat that would need to burrow like that, though"

Axel begins doing research

Aidan
"Well, Heatran are virtually volcanoes incarnate."

Axel
Attention or Aptitude?

Will
"Yeah, I guess I should go check in at the Pokécenter..."

Drufle (GM)
Aptitude.

Axel
rolling 2d6 + 6( 6 + 5 )+6 = 17
doing work

Drufle (GM)
What are you looking for?

Axel
Heatran knowledge
particularly sightings and behavior
and a lead as to how it could get here
I want to know if it was acting normal or not

Drufle (GM)
Well, from what you can find, you guys are actually the first recorded sighting of Heatran in Galens.
There have been a slew of rumors around for a few weeks, however.

Axel
"Interesting...yes...okay..."
"Nickles, write this down"

Cici
"Someone brought up the possibility of teleportation, earlier. That the... Heatran was teleported into that large cavern we saw, and then began digging itself a way out."

Nickle writes in Axel's notebook again

Drufle (GM)
The behavior you saw is fairly normal for what Heatran normally act like, but they've never been seen outside of Sinnoh before.

Cici
"But why...?"

Romain
i cant believe its not hoopa

Axel
"Teleportation...teleportation"
Search for things capable of teleportation in the Sinnoh and Galens regions

Cici
"Even if it was teleported, where did it come from? All the way from Sinnoh?"

Axel
particularly that of great magnitude

Cici
"What could do such a thing...?"

Drufle (GM)
You find a few articles on Giratina from Sinnoh researchers, as well as a few local articles on rumors focused around various legendary Pokemon.

Axel
"Hmmm"
"Giratina...local stuff"
"But why...?"

Nickle writes down notes to show the others, because Axel is going to forget

Romain
"Could it not just have walked on the ceiling then jumped onto the ground?"
"If it's able to stick to walls it won't leave any footprints unless it's on the ground."

Cici
"There would have been footprints on the ceiling, no? I didn't see any..."

Nickle attempts to get Cici's attention

Nickle
"Zzzzzz"

Will
wasn't it like 50 ft up

Cici
"That soot was too thick for it to not leave traces, I think."
"Oh? What is it, Nickle?"

Aidan
"Oh, you would've seen footprints on the ceiling, most certainly."

Nickle motions for her to come over to him

Aidan
"Heatran climbs walls by effectively melting its feet into the rock."

Nickle shows Cici the notes

Aidan
"If he had been on the walls and ceiling, there would have been clear burn marks."

Cici
oh good when my browser freaked out earlier it didnt save my notes
this is fine
"Giratina, eh?"

Romain
"Is that so. I assumed it climbed like Treecko. Thank you for the clarification."

Will
we got a hyper potion, a regular potion , a revive and a big pearl earlier
i think you got the same

Nickle
"Zzt"

Aidan
"Giratina? What are you researching over there?"

Cici
thank

Nickle doens't answer Aiden's question, he's too busy

Axel
Sorry, Axel
Axel is too busy
and not paying attention
Nickle just doesn't like Aiden

Drufle (GM)
As I can tell.
So, are we going to turn in for the night?

Axel
end session, or move to next day?

Cici
next day

Drufle (GM)
The next day.

Will
where we sleepin

Axel
I want another chance to catch something

Cici
we have another hour

Will
pokecenter?

Drufle (GM)
There's a small guest house nearby.

Romain
can i meditoot for the xp

Cici
lets assume we answered aidan

Drufle (GM)
It's where the professor lives.

Cici
i feel bad for ignoring him lmao

Drufle (GM)
Romain: yes.

Axel
You answered Aide

Romain
does anyone actually know he has psychic powers i dont remember

Cici
lets have a Chat at night

Axel
Nickle did not

Cici
character growth

Drufle (GM)
Alright!

Axel
We didn't ask Romain about it yet

Cici
we have no idea you're a psychic or anything
as far as we know you're a weird guy who stares a lot

Drufle (GM)
I don't have a map for this unfortunately, so let's pretend.

Axel
alright
music?

Romain
lets find a stock photo

Axel
mewsic

Will
that one of the woman fighting her computer

Romain
drjufle theres like a built in search isnt there

Drufle (GM)
I'm working on music, yes.
The built in photo search is... not the best.
To be honest.

Romain
exactly
use the Worst Photo
ideally it should be the woman fighting her computer

Axel
Do we get EXP for getting away from Heatran?
and not dieing from it?

Will
i dont die every day

Drufle (GM)
Um.

Romain
i do

Drufle (GM)
Sure, take another exp.

Axel
please?
YES
Thank you

Romain
the thirst

Cici
lol

Axel
slurp
it takes a while to get EXP, I'll find any way I can
important events and sidequests are counted

Drufle (GM)
Alright, just a moment.
Tada!

Will
sure is foggy

Romain
hello darkness my old friend

Axel
Where is Nickle?

Drufle (GM)
I haven't put in Pokemon yet.

Romain
there we go

Axel
okay

Axel looks thorugh the books

Romain
teehee theres a playpen
"Don't set anything on fire alright!"

Drufle (GM)
Alright, that should be everything.

Axel
do I roll attention to find a book on local legends?


CandleJack
Jack scoots away from the potted plant

Axel
Clara the adorable

Drufle (GM)
Hm...
Attention, sure.

Axel
rolling 2d6 + 5( 1 + 2 )+5 = 8
ugh

Will
I'll be immediately getting comfy in bed.

Drufle (GM)
Oof.

Axel
do I find anything?

Drufle (GM)
You find nothing.

Axel
no books?

Will
Zoop sleeps next to me.

Drufle (GM)
Well you find books, yes.

CandleJack
its actually a raunchy magazine

Will
He's a cover hog..."

Drufle (GM)
But nothing about local legends.

Axel
I read books
for no apparent reason

Drufle (GM)
Also, ignore the fact that there aren't any actual beds here.

Axel
actually, what did I find, if not what I was looking for?

Drufle (GM)
There never are, I mean really.
You found a book on Pokeball technology!
It's pretty neat.

Axel
OOOHHH

Zoop
ive decided that i snore

Cici
whats that thing they always said

Axel begins reading

Zoop
SNNNORE

Cici
It's full of pokemon books and magazines.

Will
no

Cici
or wahtever

Zoop
ok

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, what she said.

Romain
"What's on TV?"
why cant i move my token

Axel
Can Nickle roll for a book on electronics?

Cici
you've fused with brunt
becomeone

Drufle (GM)
...

Axel
Bruntmerger

Romain
Romainite

Drufle (GM)
You know, I may have accidentally added them on the map layer.
How about I fix that.

Cici
fusion is a cheap tactic to make weak trainers stronger

Romain
we have been flattened

Axel
Borders are visible, by the way
uhh

Cici
ooop
there we go

Romain
woop
icant

Cici
the tokens didnt slide super well there so it looked like we all got flung off into space lmao
there he go

Romain
Enter The Void

Cici
lmao

Axel
the heck was that?

Cici
im giggling so hard

Romain
Mystery Zone

Cici
John Homestuck Is Alone

Romain
we can skip all the flags!!

Drufle (GM)
SHUSH

Cici
is this a speedrun

Romain
yes

Axel
Screenwrap to the finish line

Cici
are we clipping into the hall of fame now

Romain
yes
lets do it

Axel
wait, we don't have a hall of fame yet

Cici
"Thank you all for defeating the alien invasion" whoa neat

Romain
help

Drufle (GM)
There we go, I fixed.

Cici
will and zoop are in the time out corner

Axel
After that unusual sensation, Axel continues to read

Drufle (GM)
You saw nothing.

Drufle (GM) glares.

Cici
the giant blue man there
is that he professor

Romain
"I hope Ghost Detectives is on."

Nickle begins a staring contest with Drufle

Drufle (GM)
The Professor isn't home.

Cici
well whoever he is he's quite friendly
oh right we can actually do things now

Drufle (GM)
So!

Cici
"What an exciting day!"
"I'm about ready to turn in, I think."

Drufle (GM)
It sure was, since it was 1.5 sessions long.

Axel
"Certainly an interesting one"

Will
ZZZZ.

Axel
"Hmmm...how does...ah, okay"

Cici
im going to dream about that blue man
terrible dreams

Romain
"For goodness sake, Jack! Please don't start another gas leak!"

Drufle (GM)
Many mysteries discovered, and more questions found than answered...

Cici
"Hehe."

Drufle (GM)
Maybe tomorrow will hold more answers!

Cici
"I suppose you'll be heading out in the morning, then, Romain?"

Will
Will dreams of Fire.

Romain
"I don't.. know."

Cici
"Will as well, although he seems to be asleep already."
"Well if you're in no hurry... You're certainly welcome to stick around for breakfast."

Axel
"Hmm? Breakfast? Now?"

Axel looks up from his book

Cici
"I make a really good waffle."
"It's still night, Axel."

Romain
"I don't think waffles have souls though."

Axel looks out the window

Cici
"Breakfast after you pass out."

Drufle (GM)
There is totally a fully stocked kitchen in this house.

Axel
"Ah...right"

Drufle (GM)
It's just, you know, to the left.

Cici
"Haha, I'd uh... I'd certainly hope so."

Axel
thats not a plant pot, its a rug
it leads to the kitchen

Cici thinks she just doesnt get romains clever Kid Humor

Zoop
Zoop dreams of an elaborate story, which, if commited to paper and then ultimately cinema, would win awards, and change lives, but he'll forget it 5 seconds after waking up. Also he's an armless salamander.

Cici
o

Drufle (GM)
...

Cici
tragic

Drufle (GM)
You know, I really couldn't expect any less.

Romain
"I may head out for a bit."

Cici
"Oh? At this time of night?"

Axel
"Ghost types hang out at night"
"It'd make sense for him to go out"

Cici
"I suppose you're right."

Drufle (GM)
(It's like half past midnight right now, for reference.)

Cici
"Well, be careful."

Romain
"Just a bit of moongazing."

Axel
oh crap

Cici
"I'll leave the door unlocked."

Nickle gives Axel a small zap to get his attention

Cici
im gonna guess jacks already asleep

Axel
"Hmmm?"

Cici
it's past his bedtime yknow

Romain
"Okay."

Drufle (GM)
Jack pretty much passed out as soon as he hit a couch.

Cici
and he was so tired he forgot all about the fossil

Nickle turns around

Romain
romain returns. covered in blood

Nickle
"Zzt zzt"

Drufle (GM)
Well, this lab isn't equipped for that anyways.

Cici
romain reigns
the wrestler

Axel
"Oh, right"

Romain
hecka

Axel
"I guess you took a big hit"

Romain
this is my psychic training bit

Drufle (GM)
Of course.

Romain
i will be gone for.. 2 hours?
+1 exp

Axel and Nickle leave to the kitchen for a short while

Drufle (GM)
Yep!

Cici
are you going to fix nickle with like
science

Drufle (GM)
Alright, I think we're ready to start the morning.

Cici
repairs
thats cool
i assumed we healed our pokemon as soon as we got back

Drufle (GM)
Yep!

Romain
tank

Drufle (GM)
All Pokemon should be fully healed.

Will
will and zoop dreamlink and do an hour of training...? ;)
this is not canon

Axel
you already did some today

Cici
zoop is will's spirit guide

Drufle (GM)
And so the sun rises the next day.

Romain
is this the one that sounds like 21 guns
it is

Axel
you can get spirit EXP though

Drufle (GM)
Oh, wow.
I hadn't even noticed that but yes you are right.

Cici
what

Axel is asleep in the kitchen with Nickle hovering over him. Tools and metal surround them

Drufle (GM)
The beginning of this song sounds suspiciously like 21 Guns.

Cici
ill take ur word for it

Drufle (GM)
Anyway, breakfast!

Zoop
"uuuuUUUUpaaah." Zoop says, stretching.

Axel
gotta clear out Axel first

Cici wakes up at 6 am because she's a horrid Morning Person

Will
"|:I"

Cici has been cooking for aaaages before everyone else gets up

Nickle
I'm always away
awake

Will
"i dun wanna get up"

Nickle
not away

Romain
"I'm back."

Will
"too bright"

Cici
nickle is away
godbye..............

Drufle (GM)
It's about 9 am right now.

Nickle
if you need help getting people up, enlist the help of Nickle

Cici
"Waaaaffles......"

Nickle
You find Axel sleeping in the way of Wafflemakings

Will
Will rolls out of bed when Nickle shadows over him.

Drufle (GM)
The nearby phone suddenly begins ringing.

Romain
where

Will
Magnets sparking.
"im up"

Cici
"Can you grab that, Jack?"

Nickle
"zzzzzt"
"brzzzt"

Will
"well actually im more down than up"

Cici
"My hands are a bit tied up."

Jack yawns.

Will
"but its just a figure of speech."
still on the floor

Jack
"Yeah, just a moment..."

Jack picks up the phone.

Jack
"Hello?"

Aidan
"Oh thank goodness you're already awake."
"Have you seen the Professor at all?"

Nickle
Axel is not awake, lazy bum

Cici
that friendly blue man! yes hes out there in the Void

Jack
"Uh... no, should we have?"

Axel snores

Cici
"Nickle, please wake Axel up."

Aidan
"He was supposed to be back by midnight! Or that's what he told me..."

Nickle
"Zzt"

Cici
"Use whatever force you deem necessary."

Nickle revs up a bit

Cici wonk

Aidan
"I thought he was just doing work in the lab, but I can't reach him on his phone either."

Cici
the professor is hERE hes EATING ME help

Nickle drops a thundershock onto Axel's head with a loud crackle

Romain
he dead

Cici
plot twist: the professor IS heatran

Axel
"AAIEEEEE!!1"

Will
professors hat

Romain
"!!!!

Aidan
"If it isn't too much trouble, could you go see if you could find him? He was on his way up to Tormalia City."

Axel
"Who!? What!? Where!? Cici!"

Cici
"Good morning~"

Jack
"Um, yeah, of course."

Cici whistles innocently

Jack
"We'll get right on that."

Axel
"already?"

Jack hangs up the phone.

Cici
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAA
WHY ARE HIS eYES HOT DOGS

Drufle (GM)
pfffffffffffffffffff

Axel
"Could've sworn it was still night"

Drufle (GM)
what

Will
is, is that what those are

Jack
"Hey, uh, guys?"

Axel gets up

Cici
thats clearly a hot dog in a bun

Will
Will has managed to get ready.

Axel doesn't clean up his scraps

Romain
those are sclera but i accept hot dog buns

Will
"Morning."

Romain
canon

Cici
"Was that Aidan?"

Nickle picks up the tools with magnetism

Jack
"I, uh, think we might have a problem."

Cici
friendly blue man is mISSIGN
SHIT

Axel
"We already know about the fire..."

Will
the president has been kidnapped

Jack
"Yeah, it was Aidan, apparently the Professor is missing?"

Axel
"Just...zzzz"

Cici serves waffles and gestures for everyone to sit

Romain
"Have they alerted the authorities?"
are officer jennies canon

Cici
"Oh my."

Axel
"Huh...what?"

Jack
"He, uh, didn't mention anything like that."

Cici
officer jenny plz

Axel
"Wait, I zoned out, what happend?"

Jack
"He was wondering if we could head up to, uh Tortilla City?"
"No... that's not it."

Will
"Maybe he...got held up? By professor...stuff??"

Axel
Tortilla?

Cici
delicious
we just left uh
mango city
right

Jack
"Oh, Tormalina, right."

Cici
right

Romain
"or held up. By Criminals."

Jack
"I think that's the big metropolis city just north of here."

Axel
"Wait, who?"

Romain
mep

Cici
"So the professor is supposed to be over there somewhere?"

Drufle (GM)
Number 2 on the map.
Specifically.

Axel
"Don't do this to me this early..."

Cici
"Does he really think we need to go find him? The professor is more than capable of taking care of himself..."

Jack
"I guess so, that's where Aidan said he was going."

Will
hey is there a gym here

Cici
"Eat your waffles, Axel."

Jack
"Well apparently the Professor isn't answering his phone."

Axel
"Oh, okay"

Drufle (GM)
Will: There sure is one in Tormalia!

Romain
time to lift

Axel begins half eating, half sleeping

Will
but not in mango

Drufle (GM)
Mango?
You mean Marina?

Will
mango..

Drufle (GM)
No, there is no gym in Marina.

Axel
oh jeeze, thats a 9-10 hour walk, I think

Will
this one that we are in

Drufle (GM)
You aren't in a city right now.

Will
can we get a bus

Cici
we are near it but not in it

Axel
I know

Cici
route 1 is between us

Axel
we are at a crossroads
I think

Drufle (GM)
This is the Professor's house, just by the labranch.

Cici
indeedlydoo

Axel
why isn't the labranch on the map?

Cici
Le Branch
we arent cool enough

Drufle (GM)
Because I haven't gotten around to updating the map with that.

Will
see i thought we were at 2

Cici
need 400 more Reputation Points

Drufle (GM)
Also, it's just two buildings.
Hardly much of a town.

Cici
no it's the intersection straight to the east of 1
and we need to go to 2

Drufle (GM)
I really should mark that somehow.

Axel
A main base, though

Will
ok

Romain
in the middle of nowhere

Cici
it's a lab, all right
alright?

Axel
9-10 hour walk from that crossroads

Cici
idk

Will
brb

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, it'll be quite a journey.

Axel
lets start

Drufle (GM)
Ought to head out as early as possible!

Axel
I wanna catch something

Cici
will are you gonna like
mention that theres a gym there
so youre coming

Axel
or at least have a chance of catching something

Cici
i was waiting for you to say that lol
mega awk

Nickle puts the map away

Cici
"So, uh, looks like we're heading out of this area after all."

Drufle (GM)
:P

Axel
Will just BRB'd

Cici
"Are you guys heading the same way, by chance?"

Axel
"I should be, I need to find the proffesser, I think"

Will
"There's a gym there, I'm sure."

Cici
"Of course you're coming, Axel! I was referring to our guests here..."

Axel
Axel, ladies and gentlemen

Cici is getting increasingly frustrated with how Not A Morning Person axel is, as all Morning People do

Axel
our one and only
Axel got like 4 hours of sleep
give him a break
you should be used to this by now

phoone
are you guys getting that im not a morning person

Axel
I am

Cici
shh

Drufle (GM)
It is incredibly obvious, of course.

Cici
i have strong opinions on morning people

Will
does axel ever get more sleep

Romain
"It would be ungrateful of me if I walked away now."

Cici
controversial

Will
than that

Axel
This IS more sleep
normally he gets 3

Cici
"We'd be glad to have your company again!"

Axel
but Nickle got him to sleep early this time

Cici
"Sounds like we're all headed the same way, then."

Romain
"I might have more to offer your group."

Will
nickle puts axel to bed
thats great

Cici
"Really, Romain?"

Axel
"I'd be happy to have you along again!"

Zoop
"Upa!"

Romain
"I have a particular set of skills...."

Drufle (GM)
Off to Tormalia City!

Cici
"If you don't have any prior commitments, maybe I could look into getting you a junior research partnership... if you're interested in that kind of thing."

Axel
Yaya

Zoop
zooop.

Axel
Route 2, here we come

Cici is under the impression that romain is interested in becoming a researcher for no apparent reason

Axel
oooh

Romain
"Thank you for the offer. But I think I may have to pass."
mount

Drufle (GM)
Route 2 is significally higher res than the other routes.

Romain
giant candle in distance

Axel
It was added late in developement

Cici
this is where the game budget went
(psst druf hide the grid)

Drufle (GM)
Ugh right.

Axel
what candle?

Will
"Ah, that mountain in the distance..."

Romain
monster movie fight

Will
"Isn't there a city up there?"

Axel
I have prioty!

Drufle (GM)
There sure is!

Cici
"I heard they're putting a gym up on one of those peaks.

Romain
what the fuck are you doing

Cici
Or maybe it was two."

Will
"A gym, huh..."

Cici
"Seems a little silly, if I'm honest."

Will
"Well, gyms are pretty strange."

Cici
"Might be a good training spot, but to put an entire city up there...?"

Will
"I heard in Unova they have one where you get shot out of cannons..."

Cici
"I wonder where they're getting their food from."

Axel
"Oh, I'm helped design that gym up there"

Cici
"Did you really? When was this?"

Axel
"Was a private job when I got here"
"Ummm...when was that...?"

Romain
"How old are you."

Axel
"Oh?...about...32, I think"

Nickle pulls out Axel's notebook

Drufle (GM)
The area around you is quite cold, by the way.
Just as a side note.

Romain
senpai

Axel
"Uh, wait, no, I turned 33 last week"

Cici
pERF

Axel
"so I'm 33"

Drufle (GM)
Man, Clara and puddles.

Clara does her little dancey dance in the puddle

Clara
\o/

Romain
"under his breath so old...."

Axel
We are standing on trees
"Who said that?"

Will
i thought these were bushes

Drufle (GM)
I don't know what you're talking about.

Will
is that a lake

Drufle (GM)
rolling 1d6( 2 ) = 2

Cici
"Seriously?"

Will
my scale is way off

Cici
"You never told me!"
"Happy birthday!"

Axel
"Oh, I hadn't remembered it until now"
"Uh, thank you"

Will
did nickle get you anything

Cici
"We'll have to get you a cake..."

Cici begins mumbling birthday plans under her breath

Cici
mom level: maximum

Axel
"My parents didn't tell me...so I had to sneak around the house to find it"
"I wrote it down in my book after that"

Drufle (GM)
You hear a faint... singing from a ways ahead.

Axel
Nickle got him a high-powered screwdriver

Will
"Oh, hey...that's nice."

Axel
"Umm...what is that singing?"

Drufle (GM)
Or at least you think it's singing.
It's quite hard to tell.

Cici
attention checks?

Will
or is it???
rolling 2d6+6 ( 6 + 5 )+6 = 17

Drufle (GM)
Attention!
Oh COME ON

Axel
rolling 2d6 + 5( 3 + 6 )+5 = 14

Drufle (GM)
Can't anything be a secret with Will?

Axel
no
never

Romain
rolling 2d6+5( 6 + 4 )+5 = 15

Axel
he will learn it all

Cici
rolling 2d6+4( 6 + 6 )+4 = 16
im SO GOOD AT DICE

Axel
Victory

Romain
"I think I hear something screaming."

Drufle (GM)
sigh

Axel
we are the best at rolling out of combat

Cici
thats like the third max roll ive made today

Axel
"Screaming?"

Drufle (GM)
Alright well, pretty much all of you hear this.

Cici
lmao

Drufle (GM)
It's quite clearly a Pokemon, most likely singing to their children.

Nickle revs up his magnets for battle

Will
aww

Cici
"Anyone recognize the species?""
"I wonder if it's in one of these ponds..."

Axel
"I can't say I do, its too far away"

Cici
"Let's be careful. I'd hate to disturb them."

Romain
what are the equivalent of knowledge checks

Axel
being a cool dude
like Axel

Drufle (GM)
I'm not really sure, honestly.

Axel
Human capacity?

Drufle (GM)
I've just been going with Aptitude.
I guess so?

Cici
human capacity is about physically carrying shit

Axel
Aptitude makes more sense

Romain
maybe the pokedex replaces knowledge checks

Drufle (GM)
Aptitude is usually like book smarts.

Axel
and throwing pokeballs

Will
im googling this

Cici
yeah i dont think they planned for us to have to like. have character knowledge the players wouldnt

Drufle (GM)
Your Pokedexes aren't the best, but yes.

Romain
its says aptitude is for tools/technology

Will
we have pokedexes?

Axel
I assume that Cici would have the best chance at identifing a pokemon

Cici
like it seems like they designed the system to work like the games where you see a wild pokemon and instantly know its name and attacks and shit
the void

Axel
what was that

Romain
yeah i think

Cici
maybe we don't need to make checks actually

Will
cinematic mode

Romain
we can go with that

Will
this isa cuttscene

Cici
maybe drufle can just like

Romain
once we see a mon we know what it is probably
at the very least their names

Cici
roll 1d6 for the most likely character to understand

Drufle (GM)
Sure!

Cici
and decide if we know or not

Axel
what?

Drufle (GM)
rolling 1d5( 1 ) = 1
Well, that's Cici.

Axel
I don't even...
this is going to cause very interesting situations later

Drufle (GM)
You're so far ahead, you're pretty sure you recognize the song as a Gardevoir's.

Cici
because it's not a test of character skill so much as 'does your character backstory mean they'd know this'

Axel
what

Cici
"Guys, I think..."

Will
:0

Cici
"I think this might be a gardevoir?"
"I don't see it, though..."

Romain
"Gardevoir?!"

Axel
"Wow, really?"

Will
"whos gardevoir"

Cici
"They're fairly rare in this area. If we get lucky we might get to see it and its young.
So be calm and quiet!"

Nickle revs down and arms metal claw

Romain
"A Psychic Pokemon. It's green."

Will
aww
so cute

Cici
"I think they'll probably be able to sense us coming."

Axel
"Nickle, calm"

Cici
"So just have calm thoughts."
"Nickle no please."

Nickle
-I am calm-

Drufle (GM)
As you approach, the singing seems to continue.

Cici
[nickle] MURDER MODE ENGAGE

Nickle disarms himself

Nickle
-nothing personal

Will
equip chain guns

Cici
nothing personell, kid.......

Drufle (GM)
Suddenly the singing stops.

Romain
"!"

Cici stops moving and holds a hand out

Axel
"Did they notice us?"
"Should we say hello?"

Cici
"I would guess so, yes."

Drufle (GM)
The Gardevoir and her Ralts suddenly appear in front of Cici.

Cici
"Hello there."

Axel
teleport, eh?

Cici
"We're just passing through."

Axel
they might have telepathy

Drufle (GM)
She nods knowingly.

Will
":0"

Axel
This isn't in my typing

Drufle (GM)
The Gardevoir takes a look at Romain, confused.

Cici
"Didn't mean to disturb you."

Romain
"!!! Does it see my aura..."

Will
what an odd sentence

Nickle overheard Romain muttering to himself

Drufle (GM)
She makes a motion to one of the Ralts, and it slides over towards Romain.

Cici
tfw magnemite is the only one who knows ur a vampire wizard

Romain
very uncomfortable

Nickle doesn't move

Nickle knows all the secrets

Drufle (GM)
It pokes Romain in the side with its horn, then returns to Gardevoir.

Cici watches, fascinated

Romain flinches

Axel
"Um...okay?"

Drufle (GM)
He shakes his head, and she nods.
The Pokemon seem to be fine with you passing.

Axel
well, lets go then

Cici smiles at the pokemon

Romain
I just stand here with a nervous expression.

Axel
They probably see how scrambled Axel's head is

Cici
"Come on, guys, let's not bother them anymore."

Axel
embarassing

Drufle (GM)
Oh, they're well aware.

Cici
"Sorry to interrupt."
axels brain probably smells like burning

Romain
I hide behind Cici

Axel
"Um...thank you. Goodbye"

Will
While passing, Will gives the Big Mom a little bow.

Zoop
waves

Drufle (GM)
Gardevoir and her children glide off in the other direction, but Gardevoir suddenly stops and turns back.

Axel
uhh

Drufle (GM)
She takes something out from a nearby tree and tosses it in front of Cici.

Cici
"Oh?"

Drufle (GM)
And then turns and leaves.

Cici
"Thank you!"

Romain
the gardevoir does the finger thing "im watchin u"

Cici
"...I think?"

Romain
its a bomb

Cici leans down to check it out

Axel
"Truely remarkable"

Drufle (GM)
It appears to be... a gem?

Cici
"Oh my, what have we here?"

Axel begins writing in his notebook, after Nickle gives it back

Romain
its Moe

Cici
"Anyone got any clue what this is?"
it's a magicite

Romain
fuck

Axel
Eviolite?
Magnezontite?

Drufle (GM)
It's a small, pink gem, about the size of an acorn.

Cici
we got the Gardevoir esper

Romain
its a kidney stone

Axel
"Oh...I might know"

Cici
"I've never seen anything like it..."

Drufle (GM)
Surprisingly well-cut, and gleams like daylight.

Axel gets close to examine it

Axel
do I roll anything?

Drufle (GM)
Roll Aptitude, if you'd like.

Axel
rolling 2d6+5( 5 + 2 )+5 = 12
ehh...

Drufle (GM)
Hm.

Cici is a little bewildered by the whole encounter

Romain
rolling 2d6+4( 2 + 5 )+4 = 11

Drufle (GM)
How about Cici gives it a try?

Will
its famous crystal gem, rose quartz

Cici
rolling 2d6+6( 1 + 5 )+6 = 12
pft

Drufle (GM)
Alright, nevermind.

Romain
amaze

Cici
im fuckin clueless

Axel
of all the things

Drufle (GM)
Would Will like to pick up the slack?

Axel
we just don't know
Help us, Will, you are our only hope

Cici snaps out of her little daze

Will
sure i guess
rolling 2d6 +5 ( 1 + 5 )+5 = 11

Cici
"W-we should get going."

Drufle (GM)
Sigh.

Cici pockets the gem

Axel
oh dear

Drufle (GM)
Of all the things to roll poorly on.

Romain
"yesletskeepmoving"

Drufle (GM)
Off we go then!

Nickle glances over to Romain

Drufle (GM)
It's still a long, long walk to Tormalia.

Axel
EXP for enlightening experience?

Cici
"I'll ask about it when we get to Tormalia."
the thirst

Drufle (GM)
I would say yes, if anyone actually figured out what the gem was about.
But no, you do not.

Axel
the thirst is real

Cici
"Are you okay, Romain?"

Axel
when do I get to reroll?

Drufle (GM)
Not for a while, I think.

Romain
" Ralts senses the emotions of people using the horns on its head. This Pokémon rarely appears before people. But when it does, it draws closer if it senses that the person has a positive disposition.

Cici
why dont we just google it when we get somewhere with internet

Romain
proof that im not a vampire

Cici
i e the city

Romain
clearly
"This is fine. Everything is fine! Im fine."

Nickle squints towards Romain, inquisitively

Zoop
zoop is riding the sick wave, dude
gnarly, perhaps

Drufle (GM)
Could everyone make a quick Attention check?

Axel
rolling 2d6+5( 4 + 5 )+5 = 14

Zoop
rolling 2d6+6( 5 + 6 )+6 = 17

Axel
Zoop be highrolliin

Cici
"Maybe you've developed some sort of... psychic attunement from being around Litwick so much."
"Don't be alarmed, I'm sure it's perfectly normal."
rolling 2d6+4 ( 6 + 2 )+4 = 12

Axel
Zoop, our lord and savior

Drufle (GM)
Hm.

Romain
"ah, yes. That's it."

Drufle (GM)
Alright, Zoop notices that one of the Ralts is following you guys.

Cici
"I mean, plenty of people have psychic abilities, to some extent. I had a friend in high school who could tell when his pokemon was hungry."

Axel
oh?

Cici
"It sounds crazy, I know."

Cici is totally unaware of everything

Axel
"I've seen crazier"

Will
"I can do that too. When Zoop is hungry, he jumps on my head and yells."

Nickle nods in agreement

Zoop
"Paah!"

Romain
"!!"

Axel
itsa ralts
so adorbs

Romain
floating head

Drufle (GM)
The Ralts has noticed your noticing it.

Romain
who has seen it

Axel
Zoop

Romain
does everyone turn around

Will
well zoop said it out loud
perfectly understandable

Cici is too busy babbling to notice zoop singing

Nickle
-I understood-

Will
"Oh, hello."

Nickle zaps Cici

Nickle
"Bzzrt"

Cici
"As a matter of fact, this one time I- oh?"
"Ow!"
"Wh-what?"

Nickle points to the Ralts

Romain
"Huh? Oh. Is that one lost?"

Drufle (GM)
It suddenly becomes nervous, now that everyone is staring.

Nickle
That he clearly heard about from Zoop

Cici realizes that no one else is speaking to it

Cici
"Er... Are you okay, little one?"

Romain
"Hnnnggg"

Drufle (GM)
It nudges Romain in the side again.
It seems to be the same one that poked him last time.

Nickle backs up

Cici
"I think it likes you!"
"Psychic attunement, and stuff!"

Romain
"Is this legal"

Nickle
does it try to get a pokeball?
and catch itself?
it totally should

Drufle (GM)
It doesn't know what a Pokeball is, so no.

Romain
"Where is your parent?"
oh hey psychics have Sense Motive
does it work on pokemon

Drufle (GM)
Ralts points behind him.
Uhhhhhhh sure.

Cici
oooh
telepathy conversation

Nickle
noice

Drufle (GM)
Since this is a humanlike Psychic one.

Romain
"Do you have permission?"
ok how does this work

Drufle (GM)
He nods.

Nickle
he wants to be your baby
so adorbs

Cici
ew

Romain
special training vs poise

Drufle (GM)
I'll just say his Poise is 5.

Romain
rolling 2d6+6( 4 + 4 )+6 = 14

Cici
if the ralts is trying to be understood, it should be easy enough

Drufle (GM)
rolling 2d6+5( 1 + 1 )+5 = 7
Oh.

Cici
there ya go

Nickle
he really wants Romain to know what he is thinking

Drufle (GM)
Wow, you doubled his roll.

Nickle
open telepathic communications

Cici
they are more N Sync than the band

Romain
whisper it to me

Cici
codec sound

Will
Boyz 2 Men

Drufle (GM)
There, secret message.

Cici sort of shuffles around awkwardly

Nickle
so secret

Cici
"Romain? Everything okay?"

Romain
"Is that so."

Romain nods at the Ralts.

Nickle just observes

Romain
"hmhmhmhmmhmm"

Drufle (GM)
He nods.

Cici ?????

Axel
Cici is cunfuzzled

Drufle (GM)
Cici rapidly emotes confusion.

Romain
I take out a Poke Ball.

Zoop
Zoop pokes Will on the leg, and gives a confused look.

Will
"i unno man."

Drufle (GM)
Ralts tilts his head confusedly.

Cici
the new running gag is just that cici has no idea what is goign on with romain, ever

Axel
"Um...what is going on?"

Romain
I touch the pokeball to its horn.

Drufle (GM)
It disappears into the Pokeball.

Nickle begins writing in Axel's notebook

Cici
"...Huh."

Nickle
So adorbs

Cici
"Seems it did like you after all."
"See, what did I tell you!"
"Attunement!"

Axel
"I think...it liked him"

Nickle hands Axel the notebook

Romain
"..."

Axel
"Hm...oh? OH! Oh oh oh..."

Cici
"Everything alright, Romain?"

Romain
"That was, how should I say, cool!"

Axel puts the notebook away

Drufle (GM)
There, Romain can control him now.

Cici
"Oh good! Good, I'm glad."

Axel
"Well done, Romain"

Cici snaps out of confusion!

Drufle (GM)
Shenanigans for Reasons!

Cici
"Why don't you let your new friend out for a bit?"

Drufle (GM)
Will seems perplexed.

Romain
"We need to say goodbye to your parent one more time." offscreen

Axel
such adorbs

Cici
John Homestuck Is Upside Down

Axel
uh, what?
where did they go?

Cici
"Will."

Cici motions for him to wait

Drufle (GM)
Off to say goodbye to his parent, as Romain mentioned.

Will
:[

Axel
dang...I'm becoming Axel

Drufle (GM)
In the meantime, let's finally approach Tormalia!

Cici
"They'll be back soon, I'm sure."

Axel
I just saw that

Will
¦'(

CandleJack
what the f

Drufle (GM)
We won't be doing anything there tonight, just arriving.

Axel
long ways to go
how long have we been out here?

Will
'c u l8r m8' 'k'

CandleJack
im gonna roll for nature

Drufle (GM)
It's been about 8 hours, you're all quite tired.

Will
heartfelt goodbye

Axel
Will I have time to invent something?

Drufle (GM)
If you'd like to, sure.

CandleJack
rolling 1d5( 5 ) = 5

Axel
oooh

Cici
gotta get them sweet expies

CandleJack
rolling 1d5( 3 ) = 3

Axel
okay, what do I make

Drufle (GM)
Better have a good reason, though.

Axel
hmmm

Will
the farting machine

Axel
examining the thingy that Cici got
a way to get a better look at it

Cici
during our nap period last night i was studying everyone else's pokemon bt dubs

Drufle (GM)
Ah!
Good idea.

CandleJack
that telescope thing

Axel
roll app?

Cici
so now i've written more entries, retroactively :>

Drufle (GM)
Cici: Also a good idea.

CandleJack
that jewelers use

Drufle (GM)
Aptitude, yes.

Will
subs > dubs

Cici
that's another 4
i'm a masochist

Drufle (GM)
An Appraiser's Glass, I believe.

Axel
rolling 2d6 +6( 3 + 2 )+6 = 11
erg

Drufle (GM)
Hm.

CandleJack
Jolly nature

Axel
I seem to fail when it hurts most

Romain
oh man my emerald gardevoir was jolly nature
The Return

Cici
ho ho ho

Drufle (GM)
You make a very rudimentary jeweler's lens out of some ice, twigs, and a bit of mud.

Cici
merry raltsmas

Romain
oh god

Axel
did that actually work?
how?

Drufle (GM)
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work all that well.

Romain
that sounds disgusting

Cici
lmao

Drufle (GM)
Can't possibly imagine why.

Romain
roll for conjunctivitis

Axel
do I get a penalty

Will
the ice melted

Axel
or does it...just flop

Drufle (GM)
pfffffffff

Axel
"Uh..."

Drufle (GM)
oh my god golurk

Cici
"Okay, you're not touching this again."

Drufle (GM)
It just flops, don't worry.

Axel looks at the melting ice lens

Axel
"Not one of my better ideas"

Drufle (GM)
If you try this again, you'll know how to do it better.

Axel
okay
some other time though

Cici
"I'm just going to Golgol it when we get to the city."

Drufle (GM)
All you really manage is that, well, it's a very nice gem!

Cici
thats the golbat based search engine, obviiously

Drufle (GM)
It's probably carbon based, I guess.

Axel
Canon now

Romain
its yellow diamond

Axel
what they heck would eviolite even be?

Drufle (GM)
Well it's pink, so no.

Cici
it's just litearlly a cool rock

Axel
pink quartz?

Cici
gardevoir wanted us to see the cool rock

Romain
its actually rock candy

Drufle (GM)
Eviolite is like, a weird purplish stone.
It isn't cut, it's smooth.

Romain
thats what she said

Nickle is infuriated that no one knows what the gem is

Drufle (GM)
No, this gem is actually important.

Cici
Plot

Nickle can't get the notebook from Axel though

Drufle (GM)
But unfortunately, the implications of it are a bit over your head at the moments.

Romain
what to name this ralts

Nickle so salty

Drufle (GM)
Anyway!

Romain
i need a Cool Naming Scheme
is this new york
dan
this music

Drufle (GM)
I'm not sure, I just looked up pictures of big cities.

Will
the jpeg artifacts represent pollution

Axel
doesn't look like new york

Cici
name your pokemon after creepypasta

Drufle (GM)
Also I would be legitimately amazed if anyone recognized this track.

Cici
jeff the ralts
this is uh
earthbound

Axel
name the ralts

Cici
...fourside?

Romain
after ghosts

Drufle (GM)
Correct!
Very good, Cici.

Cici
fuck ye

Romain
1 exp

Drufle (GM)
Sure, why not.

Axel
XD

Drufle (GM)
You didn't get a daily exp anyway.

Cici
fuck ye

Axel
The THIRST lives on

Romain
god i havent been keeping count

Drufle (GM)
Anyway, I think we'll stop here tonight.

Axel
only Cici got that, right?

Will
2 from battle, 1 from escaping

Drufle (GM)
Yes.

Cici
first goal: google rock

Axel
okay then

Cici
i mean golgol

Drufle (GM)
There were only 3 communal EXP today.

Romain
next episode, the gang get lost in the big city!

Cici
wacky

Drufle (GM)
Yep!

Axel
I'll figure out an invention later

Will
aw man

Romain
Romain accidentally joins the Mafia

Axel
now then, the big pearls

Will
zoop could meet some of those

Drufle (GM)
We'll see how things work out in the great metropolis of Tormalia City!

Will
street woopers

Cici
and monica hates her new job

Romain
jack and will track down a serial killer

Drufle (GM)
I even have an urban encounter list for this!

Axel
wait, really?

Drufle (GM)
I sure do.

Romain
axel finds alligators in the sewers

Axel
Anything...rock or earth type?
steel, maybe?

Drufle (GM)
Let me look.

Axel
dragon, electrice?

Cici
given how the loot worked this time, axel, we are all keeping the cash we got instead of splitting it

Romain
cici finds a lottery ticket for 1 billion pokeyen

Cici
so everyone with a big pearl gets $3000

Axel
oh, okay

Cici
and romain gets 2k for teh stardust

Drufle (GM)
Normal, Electric, Steel, Poison, Psychic.
Are the types for Urban encounters.

Axel
Wait, is Magnemite found here??

Romain
i love these drums

Axel
Electric AND Steel...suspicious

Drufle (GM)
I'm afraid I can't tell you that.

phoone
god not again

Axel
well obviously

Romain
steel and psychic
jirachi confirmed

Axel
I'm hoping for Steel or Electric

Will
phoone you should just fight me

Cici
and nickle joins a band

Axel
but not another Mag, one is neough

Romain
we rent an apartment

Cici
yeah honestly these types are KILLING me

Romain
frolic in the fountain

Drufle (GM)
That high hat is really nice, isn't it?

Cici
at least my skill checks are going well haha

Drufle (GM)
This is a jazz remix of Fourside.
I think it's quite good.

Cici
yeah its really nice

Drufle (GM)
Anyway, that's all for tonight!

Cici
we need to find 2 more magnemite so they can voltron fuse with nickle, clearly

Drufle (GM)
Next time, maybe a gym???????

Axel
Okay then
Who would battle the gym?

Will
:0

Cici
next time on ppp

Axel
maybe everyone?

Drufle (GM)
Will, of course.

Will
me

Cici
will and romain fight a gym
cici struggles with technology

Nickle is ready for a battle

Cici
axle gets arrested

Will
i wonder what type it is...

Romain
Dark type

Drufle (GM)
Take a guess!

Axel
Why would I get arrested?

Drufle (GM)
Actually, here's a hint.

Cici
and jack gets mugged

Drufle (GM)
Want a hint?

Romain
yes

Axel
Hint me

Romain
just fuck me up

Drufle (GM)
It's one of the types found in urban environs.

Cici
petition for google to replace the 'im feeling lucky' button with a 'just fuck me up' button

Axel
Steel, Electric, Normal

Will
extension pls

Romain
Normal

Axel
Poison?
I have no idea

Cici
im gonna guess Electric gym

Axel
that does't narrow it down much

Drufle (GM)
It narrows it down to five from eighteen!

Romain
yeah lol

Drufle (GM)
I think that's quite a good hint.

Cici
we'll find out!!

Will
im about ready for bed

Axel
too many variables!

Cici
tune in next time

Romain
its very narrow now, relatively

Axel
Golgol it1

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, bedtime.

Cici
except dont

Drufle (GM)
Out with all of you!

Cici
becuase i wont be here

Axel
Night, Droof

Cici
make me a good log :>

Will
who are these non anime people
in the map

Romain
they are so tall

Will
they look weird

Romain
and long

Drufle (GM)
Oh, don't mind them.

Romain
while we are just busts

Axel
they're props

Romain
no leg

Will
we hop around

Drufle (GM)
Tormalia is a bit of a cultural steampot.
Probably.

Will
the pokemon have legs

Drufle (GM)
I dunno, I've never been there.

Cici
a world whre anime characters mix with normal ass boring people

Axel
Nickle doesn't have legs

Romain
hey look its donald trump
lets beat him up

Cici
dolan trimp

Will
his hair has come to life

Romain
i wonder what his signature pokemon is

Drufle (GM)
Don't hurt poor Donald!
He has enough to deal with as it is.

Axel
Release the Nickles

Cici
the true final boss

Romain
no drufle youre thinking of donald duck, who actually has done nothign wrong

Cici
donald trumps hair

Drufle (GM)
Ah, of course.

Cici
it grows too powerful and defeats its master

Drufle (GM)
Also, in case anyone was wondering.

Cici
uses his body as a puppet

Romain
dan

Will
no donald duck doesn't wear pant

Drufle (GM)
I was half-considering allowing you to fight Heatran.

Will
very bad

Romain
criminal

Axel
What

Drufle (GM)
Not catch him of course, but fight him.

Axel
We would be crushed

Will
i bet i would have won

Romain
fight him in the pit
literally

Cici
will would have won

Axel
it would be so powerful

Romain
yeah we have wooper

Drufle (GM)
Will would have, maybe.
He has no ground moves!

Axel
Oh phew

Drufle (GM)
Water would work fine though.

Romain
we can bury it in dirt
thats like
mud bomb

Cici
yeah you gotta get earthquake goin streak

Drufle (GM)
Also, none of you have Legendary Training.
Wouldn't be able to control it anyway.

Axel
Well

Cici
oh yeah we shouldnt catch heatran at level 1

Axel
I don't really plan on having a legendary

Cici
thats lameo

Romain
they say heatran follows us to this day....

Axel
I'm sticking with my other things

Cici
its funny too because he would be like
just as strong as venipede

Romain
making geysers every ten feet

Will
heatran is just following us

Drufle (GM)
Heatran is pretty powerful, really.

Will
peeking around corners

Axel
He's after us

Drufle (GM)
He's entirely immune to fire damage.

Romain
heatran is ultros

Cici
sick

Axel
We know he's here, he can't allow that

Drufle (GM)
Also, when he is hit by fire, his next attack does +1 damage.
ALSO, whenever he isn't at full hp, all of his nve fire attacks become normally effective.

Romain
i cant believei have the ralts
hecka

Axel
damn
Heatran to stonk
Ralts to adorbs
I believe the Ralts is male too

Drufle (GM)
Honestly, I just felt really bad that both of you missed catching a Honedge by literally one.

Cici
yeah that was a cool encounter

Axel
Gallade for the win
I really wanted that Honedge

Will
drufle called him a he but i don't think that was an actual decision

Axel
So much disapoint

Drufle (GM)
So I kinda made up that bit with Gardevoir and also made it plot important!

Axel
That was cool

Drufle (GM)
Yeah no, gender is entirely unimportant in this game unless you're a breeder.

Cici
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S-Sm4olqbM
ultros music

Drufle (GM)
Or you have gender evos.
That too.

Axel
It was nice to not allow Nickle to go ballistic

Drufle (GM)
Anyway, I think we're done here.
Let's leave the Runaway Five to play us out.

Axel
You said that 5 minutes ago

Cici
go 2 bed

Axel
no

Romain
bread

Drufle (GM)
It's 11 now, so it's going to actually be done.
AWAY

Axel
Alright
G'night Droof
Nickle hands Drufle the Adorbs award

Nickle
for the ralts