Stalkers RPG Main Action and Team Status [SEASON 4]

[Neo Emolga]

Meela-Tey! No!!
Does everyone I battle die!?
Were the stalkers... watching me and Meela at Rusty Shine? Is it because she told me about the Butterfree- probably indulges first kill? Oh.. oh no.
I can't bear to look at the remains.
Someone else will have to do it.

Lillian will wash her tears away and go out to the rubbish tip. Theres a very non compliant alolan grimer out there who needs some diplomatic intervention in order to hand over a utopian relic.

Brahk, i'm sorry my friend scared you. Sometimes we're all a bit intense- we're under a lot of stress. You probably are too! We just.... really want the murders to stop- and we all need to band together and help each other to do that! You're important! Your help is so so valuable! Please, please. Talk to me. I'll stay at a distance if that makes you more comfortable.

I know the anti hygiene guild has an important input to society- would you at least tell me about that? What sorts of things has it been doing lately? Do you get along with that Furfrou from the barking guild? Hes a bit difficult, isn't he? I heard the merchant guild is having problems- did your guild get targeted by anything nasty?

Tell me about your home! I bet theres all sorts of interesting things in here- or possibly dangerous stuff. Do you like it there? What do you think of rusty shine units, or that fancy place golly owns? I heard trinket tower is nearly clear for the residents to move in again- do you know vex? She seems severe but I think she is probably soft on the inside. Does anyone live with you out here? ... do you get along with sebbit? I don't know what to think of him yet.

I heard there was an explosion out this way a few weeks ago and DeeMang got hurt- did you hear about it? Theres no explosions in your section of the tip are there? D: I have friends who can dismantle stuff if theres anything dangerous around, so let me know!

I also have friends who can maybe build stuff to make the stalkers go away... if you find anything that gives you a particularly good feeling, could you show it to me? It might be a valuable clue to defeating the evil in town.

Anyway, I'd love to stay and chat all day--
--you know what, actually I might!
A new friend of mine was killed last night and I need somewhere safe to cry. T_T Can I do it at your house? Does anyone come through there regularly?

Interview Rapport: NEGATIVE
-1 Evolution Stage Difference

You reflect on what might have become of Meela-Tay just shortly after your battle with her just outside the apartment building. You didn't think anything of it at the time, but you were very likely the last non-Stalker she saw before she perished. While it chills you for a moment to wonder if only you had stayed a few hours longer, you try not to dwell on it and focus more on the future, less on the past. But you know it doesn't make it any easier on your heart...

You decide to head back to Brahk, residing back at the eastern side of the Rubbish Tip. Among all the piles of refuse, garbage, rusting metal, and broken building parts and furniture, you find the sludgy green and yellow-chinned blob known as Brahk, hoping to be able to reason with her and get her support.

"You...!" the Alolan Grimer calls out to you from atop one of the mounds of debris. "Why are you here? Why can't everyone leave my stuff alone!?"

"Brahk, I'm sorry my friend scared you," you try to console her. "Sometimes we're all a bit intense- we're under a lot of stress. You probably are too! We just.... really want the murders to stop- and we all need to band together and help each other to do that! You're important! Your help is so so valuable! Please, please. Talk to me. I'll stay at a distance if that makes you more comfortable."

While the smells of her and the piles of debris are definitely not the loveliest thing you've ever had hit your nostrils, you try to hide the displeasure. After all, it's still not the worst thing you've ever smelled.

"I wish they'd stop too..." she mutters, looking melancholy about what has been going on. "I wish the world... I wish Salvage Keep... Yaru... I wish it wasn't so sad..."

You try to encourage her, hoping to get her mind off the grim past and present that Salvage Keep is dealing with.

"I know the anti hygiene guild has an important input to society-" you continue, "would you at least tell me about that? What sorts of things has it been doing lately? Do you get along with that Furfrou from the barking guild? Hes a bit difficult, isn't he? I heard the merchant guild is having problems- did your guild get targeted by anything nasty?"

"Oh, you mean Cliff," Brahk realizes what Furfrou you're referring to. "Well, to be honest, I don't know too much about him. But the Merchants Guild... I don't know what's going on, but I can't even go in there anymore. It's just so... I can't describe it. It's like a nightmare that's trying to become real. Like one you can't wake up from. But here... I feel safer here, despite it being quiet and lonely. You see, I don't get too many visitors here. And definitely no one that likes to stay for long. I guess that makes you... kind of different from all of them. In a good way..."

"Tell me about your home!" You inquire. "I bet theres all sorts of interesting things in here- or possibly dangerous stuff. Do you like it there? What do you think of rusty shine units, or that fancy place golly owns? I heard trinket tower is nearly clear for the residents to move in again- do you know vex? She seems severe but I think she is probably soft on the inside. Does anyone live with you out here? ... do you get along with sebbit? I don't know what to think of him yet."

"I know it's all just a pile of junk, but... it's still mine," she tells you, still proud of it despite the berating things some other Pokémon might call it. "There's... there's no home like the one you've got because... that home belongs to you. As for my guild, well, we try to see the better things. Dirty things aren't so bad! Sometimes the most interesting things are in a dark, grimy place, or buried somewhere deep. There's a whole new world to explore in places like that. Most Pokémon never get to see those things just because they assume the worst about them."

"Vex," Brahk tries to think, looking away. "I don't think I've ever really met her. You see, I'm still kind of new here. And my guild is still small, but I'm hoping to grow it in time. As for Rusty Shine, it seems like a nice place, but I just love it here. I feel like I find new things every day. Things that were forgotten and neglected so long ago. Sometimes I think about what they used to be. At one point, someone loved these things. They may be gone, but I'm still here to love them."

"Oh, Sebbit!" she recalls happily. "He's without a doubt my best friend. He's always trying to make the best use of neglected and forgotten things. No matter how damaged or dirty, he sees the potential in everything. Some Pokémon think he's rude and dirty, but he's very helpful once you see past that."

"I heard there was an explosion out this way a few weeks ago and DeeMang got hurt- did you hear about it?" you ask her. "There's no explosions in your section of the tip are there? D: I have friends who can dismantle stuff if theres anything dangerous around, so let me know!"

"I heard it, yes, but I don't know much about it, sorry." Brahk explains. "Wouldn't be the first time, though. I heard rumors about the explosions. There was something about gift-wrapped remains as well. I don't get how someone could be so cruel..."

She seems down for a short while, but your presence seems to comfort her. She looks up, feeling hopeful.

"You know, I don't think anyone has ever cared so much about little me as much as you have," she tells you, feeling assured by your presence. "I don't know what's going on... why Pokémon are dying, and why things just seem so dark. But you... there's something different about you. Something good. Something true..."

Brahk the Aloan Grimer is now COMPLIANT.

"I also have friends who can maybe build stuff to make the stalkers go away..." you tell her, reaching out to her. "If you find anything that gives you a particularly good feeling, could you show it to me? It might be a valuable clue to defeating the evil in town."

She shivers a bit, unsure of what to do at first, but then comes to an understanding. You feel as though it's hard for her to do this, but she understands the importance of it.

"Y-Yes..." she tell you, swallowing hard. "I do. But I..."

You can see a faint glimmer of it. Even from where you stand, the presence of this small silver-colored relic seems to permeate the darkness and the stench of this forlorn place. She shows you what appears to be an otherworldly coin-shaped talisman with what appear to be divine-looking insignias and markings, but half of it seems to be missing. As you approach it, it almost seems like it's trying to communicate to a higher plane, but because it's broken, the message is scrambled and distorted like static.

"I don't know what it does..." Brahk tells you. "But sometimes I hear words from it. I don't know what they mean, but they feel... comforting. Even in this dark place. Even if they're only fragments. I..."

You can immediate tell she really doesn't want to give it up, but the look in your eyes tells her that you need this. That you might make it whole again. That you may find some way for it to make the difference.

Though it's hard for her, she presents the broken talisman before you.

"I... but I would like... to see it whole," she tells you. "It brought me comfort in the darkness. But I can only imagine what it might do once restored. I feel like the other piece has to be here somewhere. Maybe not in this junk pile, but somewhere. If you find it... if you fix this, please tell me. I would love to know how it works... what it's supposed to do. I can only imagine..."

You nod as you take the broken talisman from her. Upon touching it, you immediately feel a reassuring, celestial kind of warmth to it. Now, you too can hear the words, but as Brahk said, they only feel like static with fragments of some divine language trying to reach out to it. If only you had the second half, but for now, it's a start...

[Talisman 1/2] was added to the Team Inventory.

You gently put it away, knowing Brahk surely misses it already, but you decide to stick around.

"Anyway, I'd love to stay and chat all day-- --you know what, actually I might!" you tell her, not quite ready to take the long road back home by yourself. "A new friend of mine was killed last night and I need somewhere safe to cry. T_T Can I do it at your house? Does anyone come through there regularly?"

"You... you can stay as long as you'd like," Brahk tells you, feeling a bit of sadness with you. "Everybody cries sometimes. I do too. Especially... when it gets really lonely. I'm sorry to hear about your friend. I would be... crushed if something happened to Sebbit or one of my guild mates. I try not to think about... I don't want to think about it..."

She goes silent for a minute, but then she looks back up at you.

"Thank you for coming," she tells you. "I just felt lost for the longest time... but... I'm glad you're here..."

Lillian the Lopunny (M: Normal)

Health: 10/10 | Sanity: 8/8 | Purity: 10/10
Battle Stance: Fight
Perk: Diplomacy
Trait: Lucky
Equipment: Obsidian Dagger