The Stalkers RPG - Main Action and Team Status Thread [SEASON 3] *SWEET VICTORY!*

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Try the FIRE password at (19) Southwarren Police Station

[Neo Emolga]

I think it's agreed upon. Let's call this a dynamic entry, and hope I'm not restricted to doing this in the night round.

Exorcise #33 Kanja the Keckleon.

Recommended Listening: Sybrid - Supercharger

You track down Kanja's living space to her apartment in the Sandwoods Apartment complex. During the day, Pokémon are coming and going from here and you move among them through the hallways like one of their own. Among them, you are a shadow with a mission. And they don't suspect a thing.

You find and then break your way into Kanja's apartment, ripping the lock right off the door. Everything is still and silent for now, like the whispering winds before the hurricane. You find her sleeping in her bed, but then she awakens, looking drowsy.

"Oh, it's you," Kanja replies as she sits up, looking groggy. "I'll ignore that intrusion if you Emissaries tell me what-"

But then your hands flare with a white, powerful, evil-destroying energy. Kanja... no, the Enthraller RttnCrps realizes you're not here for questioning or to be tricked by her lies. You're here to ANNIHILATE her.

Kanja's Kecleon body suddenly jolts awake and becomes completely deranged, twisted, and foul like a macabre nightmare zombie. Her screams are unholy and it's clear the puppet disguise is now off. This is the Enthraller you've come to purge.

"ThIs'Ll bE thE LaSt MiSTaKe YoU EvEr MaKe, YOu W̨̩̥͕̱̘̭̺͆ͪ͊̌ͤͭͣ͞r̶̯͕̦̜͖̝̞͍̜̿̑̒ͩͥ̈ͯͦ̚͜e͆̈ͫ͊ͬ̽͋̒͏́͡ ̝͇̥͚̯̤̺͓̙ț̸̨̪́ͬ͐́͌̇̊ͣ̋C̱̝̽͗̆͊̀ͣ̓̚͞H̢͍̖̘̹ͤ̆̇ͫ͐̌̑͂̆ ͈!!" She barks at you with fiendish adrenaline.

Fighting her intimidation, you concentrate on eradicating every last trace of this grotesque Enthraller. Her lies, her misleading and undermining the Southwarren Police Force's efforts, her working against the Emissaries... that all DIES today. Your holy, dispelling light latches onto RttnCrps and starts to burn her, but you know that's only just the beginning. You need to obliterate every last trace of this bastardly horror until there's not a single damn thing left of it.

The apartment bedroom goes dark, cold, bloody, and unholy as RttnCrps uses Kanja's tortured and mislead body in ways that shouldn't be possible for a normal Kecleon to do. She races along the walls, ceiling, and tries to vomit black, shadowy acid at you, but you barrel roll out of the way, grit your teeth, focus your attention, and just continue to BURN her as hard as you can. She howls as her dark soul continues to sizzle, unleashing the most unholy smell you can imagine. But you don't stop. You refuse to stop.

" Y̴͔̳̤͔͔͙ͬ̽ͦ́ͤ̏̚ô͇̒U̺͍̗͈͇ͩ͘ͅ ̪̆͗ͭ͒W̙ͨ͆̌̄ͨ̏ͅo͖̥̱̣̤̠ͪͩͮ̔̿͜n͏̯͎͔̭̮͕'̞͚ͮ̊̑͗̃̉ͫT̀̐ͯ͆ ̸͔̥͇͛ͮ ̼͉̘̫ͯ̓͟S̖̲̗̼ͭͯ͐̅̉t̯̘͔͉̥̘̜͂ͩ͌̃ͣ͢o̜͖͖͌̈̚P͉ͦ̓ ̐͗ͫͨ͌͛̚u͕̭̦͠S̲͔ͧ͞!̡̣̺̊̋ ̳̱̤̐Ŷ̢ͣ̍̚o̢̗̎U̍̋ ͓̮̳̤͍̖̫̋̾̏ͣͨ̔W͒ͦ͋҉͇o͈͇n̛̙'͈͎̝̩̦͕̬͊̀ͥ̃͒̃͐̀T̴̼̜͐̑̐̈́̿ ̣̝ ̲̇̌̿̈S̰ͅT͙̟͈̥̚͢o̙͇͇͇͢ͅp̣̥̻̰͒ ͎̥̲̝̰͂͐́M̜͉̘̣͎͚̎͂̾̆ͤÊ͔̞̤̝̯̒̌ͧ̚e͍̲͈̻̲e̸͎̅͆e͈͆̌ͯͩ̆́ ̠͙͚̲E̸̪͚̳̝̹̺͐͋!̢͇̣̝̯̋̌͂́!͙͕̻!̖̺̹͉̂!͏̟̜͕̫̪̥"

She shrieks and tries to bury her foul, hateful nightmare into your head. It is clear the Enthraller bitch RttnCrps isn't satisfied enough with making Kanja her puppet and using one of Southwarren's own police officers to kill innocent Pokémon. She tries to í̻̳͉̼̦̘͂ͮͧ͜n͕̊̏ͤ͗̓͑́ͅf͚̔ͣ̾͒͐̉͢ȅ̳̭̹̃̔̀ͨͥ͢s̒̋̍̅͌͏t ̘ ͓͉͖̤̽̚͡y̷͍̼͋̓̋̅̉͗o̼̼̎̒͂ͧ͛́ư̝̹͔̈́ṟ̀̾̚ ̟͖͓͡m̡͉̳̗͙ͦ̑ͭͩ͗ͪin̮̜̥͕̽ͬ̑̋d̫̻͍̳̠̎, and for a moment, it latches on and suddenly screams into your soul.

Quincy has suffered 1 Damage to Sanity.

It screams, it burns, and it blurs reality into obscurity for only just a moment, but you continue to fight. You expel it out like the infernal poison it is, and instead of growing weaker, you fight through it. You make RttnCrps burn some more for that, and you make sure it hurts. The screams howl louder, but she doesn't give up even though white, fiend-consuming flames are now eating and purging her dark essence.

"TheRE wiLL bE N̛̞̠͌̀Ō̆̌́t͈̠ͤ̐̾͐͆̔H͇̖͇͚̻̰̗͟i̟̞̪̙̘̮̰͂N̝̮̭̻̿͜G̼ ̘͙̳ lEFt Of YOU wHeN I'M DonE!!!" She roars.

Her darkness tries to infest the ground you're standing on. Her deathly attack tries to strike the floor around you, but you race out of way. Within an instant, the world goes black and suddenly all the windows shatter like a chorus of crashing. Despite the pitch black room, you continue to fight in the void, just following the white fire that's now surrounding RttnCrps.

Her hollow scream rages and roars from all directions at once. The noise suddenly strikes your nerves with a s̭̙̱̞̳̻̼ha̯͈̫͍̺d̙͙̥̜̮̻͔o̖̫͓̲̱̪͈w̗y ̮si̖̜̘c͖̘͉̲͙̹̜k͈͔̯ͅne̹sṣ̳ͅ.͈͓̫̬.̩ͅ.̻

Quincy has suffered 1 Damage to Sanity.

But you fight on...

RttnCrps is now completely on fire. She still rages at you with an unnaturally-long scream and a voracious, soul-craving hunger. You... she wants YOU to be her last supper. For the long dark moment, she saw you as an enemy, but now she sees you as a b̷̦̟͖̯̹͓͡ͅà̘̞̲̻̰̙̻̳̜͢n̹̝͕̱̼͕̻̰̻q̵҉̢̞̼̳͇̝̝̝͙ų͓͎̥̰ ̥̘̙̣e̡̹̺͖͕ͅt͏̡͈̹̠.

You take one more deep breath and your hands are completely lit with the exorcising light that continues to immolate RttnCrps even further. You sweat, wince, and struggle, but you continue to let her BURN. With her shadowy aura locked dead in the light, she tries to thrash, throw the furniture at you, and howl, but you dodge, focus, and maintain the killing fire even as the apartment falls apart in pieces around you. She even grabs a hold of Kanja's police pistol and fires each round after round at you, but you dodge each bullet, barely evading the killing trajectory as the slugs bury themselves into the walls. After the last bullet in the magazine ejects, the hammer hits nothing, and like that, she realizes it's hopeless. With a simple click.

And then there's nothing left.

She explodes with the m͈͔̖̹͉̱o̞͔st̖̟̹͇̼͔̟ ̱͉͓͈ͅͅh͚̹͉̬o̲r̬̘̜̺ri̠̼f̖̜̝̜ỵ͕̪̥i̹̳̱ṋ̝̘̝g̳̙̩͙ ͇̗ d͖̻̣e̟ͅa̤̗t̮͖͓̟͉̹h̥̝ ͈͓̙̯̼̗s̟c̼r̻̲̭͍͓̥͓e̬͚a̺̲̩̼͚͙m̖͎ ͈͎͍ͅy͔̺̤o͓̭u̥̹̦̫ ̤̝̮t͙͕͔hi̮̫͙n̘k ̹͎͓̤y̥͇̤͇̠̪o͈͈̺̠̭͎u̼'͖̝̯̖̦ḽ͖̻l̜̮̥ͅ e̠̬̱̺͓̼v͇̥ͅer̠ ̱̥̻h̜̰͍̩̪a͚̯v͕̼e̠͖͉ ͙͇̘̳̯͙t̜̬o̟͔̺̠ ̤͍̗̥̻h̼͉e̼̰a̬͚̩͉r̞̞̮̮.͓..

Quincy has suffered 1 Damage to Sanity.

You shake, you fall on your knees, you quiver a bit, and you try to keep your heart from racing until it explodes. Your lungs burn for air, but even after all is done, you hear a voice...

"Unreal..." Kanja's voice softly echoes.

You look up to see Kanja's spirit, freed, shackles broken and now released from the grasp of her Enthraller and no longer a puppet of murder for Abyss.

"I don't know how you... but..." Kanja the Kecleon whispers softly to you, unsure of what to say, "...thank you... and... I'm sorry... but that... that wasn't... me..."

Her soul is saved, and is taken up in a glorious, hope-instilling light while you feel a warmth of serenity that is unlike anything you've felt before. Your head is still swimming with shadows and trauma, but for now, at least the fight is done. It will definitely be some time before you're ready to take on a fight like that again, but for now, you can rest.

Among these Pokémon, you are a shadow with a mission, and today that mission is done.

CONGRATULATIONS!
The Stalker "RttnCrps" has been eliminated. Southwarren has become slightly safer.

1/??? Stalkers Eliminated.

Quincy the Victini (S: Psychic/Fire)

Health: 4/4
Sanity: 1/4
Perk: Lockpick | Learned Abilities: Exorcism
Failed Assassinations: 0/2

[Shruikan]

I'll continue my breaking-and-entering spree by searching (26) Vlock's House

[sammy0295]

Search (14) Shalcomb Factory

[ARandomTool]

Holding the random Circuitry bit in his hands, Tool looks over at the other Depot. Seems like the place it would belong...

Search Machine Depot #2 (Held Item: Control Panel Circuitry - if it happens to belong there, I slot it in automatically if you would allow such a logical action? Pleasssse?)

[Neo Emolga]

Alright! I'm going to talk to Jeddi the Bewear. Mainly I'm going to ask about yandil. Why Jeddi is always provoking him, What her opinion on the rumors that Yandil is a stalker (If she believes Yandil is a stalker, why is she provoking him so much?) Then I'll wrap up by asking if she's seen anything/anyone suspicious excluding Yandil.

Interview Rapport: POSITIVE, MODEST
+1 Shared Evolution Stage
+Modesty (Dark vs Fighting)

You find Jeddi the Bewear not really hard at work in her cubicle. Yandil doesn't seem to be around at the moment, which is good, as it allows Jeddi to talk as much smack about him behind his back without him ever knowing.

"Well, hello hello," Jeddi greets you with a lazy, carefree smile. "Funny, usually peeps like you never wanna chat, but hey, different strokes for different folks."

You ask Jeddi her opinion about Yandil and while she's always provoking him.

"Pst, it's because he's a freeeeeaaaak," Jeddi whispers and then snorts with a giggle. "Really, Yandil's a creepy, work-a-holic freak who never has fun like... ever. Seriously, the dude probably doesn't even know when the Happy New Year moment hits because while everyone else is partying and having fun, he's probably inventing new work for himself. I tease him because if I didn't, gosh, he'd just be a zombie robot. I swear, the cardboard processing machines they use on the production floor have more personality than him. So, I pull a prank, tease him a little, try get him to think outside the box, you know. I'd actually be thrilled if he tried to get back at me with a childish prank of his own. Never does. Just keeps being his creepy bastard self, but instead reports me to HR. Psh."

You then ask about the rumors regarding Yandil being a Stalker. Jeddi shrugs, tilts her head, and just smiles casually.

"Maybe yes, maybe not," Jeddi replies casually. "He kinda seems way too busy to be a Stalker, really. Like killing another Pokémon would just take way too much time. I swear, Yandil is like the only Pokémon I know that could have died hours ago and would still be working... somehow. When does he sleep!?"

You then ask Jeddi about any other suspicious things she's seen around town or other Pokémon she thinks might be possible Stalkers.

"Huh, never really thought too much into that," Jeddi replies. "I did see my friend Buldaren the other day. He lives over in the Rubinelle Condominiums. Nice place. Well, probably too rich for me. So after we have lunch, I leave but I decide to check around the building and... heh, okay, I took a dip in their indoor pool even though I don't live there and wasn't supposed to do that. Well, as I was around there, I saw something really weird. There's a black-blasted door around the corner on the first floor where some dude or thing 'Nhils' lives. Weird name. They dug that name right into the door and it looks creepier than Giratina on a bad day. Never heard of Nhils. I even asked some of the other peeps if they knew who this weirdo Nhils is. They had no idea, either. Kinda weird."

"Well, that's pretty much it," Jeddi shrugs. "Yeah, Yandil's a creepy one. Makes me wonder if he's scared of me or something. Well, I gotta get back to... you know, doing stuff."

She then goes back to "working," although from a distance, someone might mistake her text-based online role-playing as having a work-related business discussion.

Julia the Weavile (M: Dark/Ice)

Health: 4/5
Sanity: 4/4
Perk: Repair | Learned Abilities: Exorcism
Failed Assassinations: 0/2

[Neo Emolga]

Sweet, thanks for watching my back last night, Eric! <3

I'm going to take this second [Blessed Porcelain Bowl: <Empty>] and get some holy water going I this puppy. :3

I'll then check out this [Beige Fur] and see what the deal with it is.

Working throughout the day, Tashy focuses on getting the second bowl filled with holy water. She starts by filling the [Blessed Porcelain Bowl] with ordinary tap water, and spends a good few hours using her Seinaru to make the water pure and holy.

[Blessed Porcelain Bowl: <Empty> has become [Blessed Porcelain Bowl: <Holy Water>]

With her work there completed, she then takes the [Beige Fur] and focuses her Seinaru on it. She spends a good while on it, smiling, nodding, and once she's convinced, she stops screening and dusts off her paws with confidence.

Pokémon Sample [Beige Fur] is CONFIRMED as a legitimate Stalker Sample. It has been added to the Confirmed Stalker Samples.

[Arrow-Jolteon]

I'll disarm the Item [Nidoqueen's head]

[Ladybugclue]

Let's lockpick that door at 28a!

[Neo Emolga]

Try the FIRE password at (19) Southwarren Police Station

You head back to the Southwarren Police Station and find the cabinet that had been fitted with a new word combination lock. You then decide to turn the four dials so that the word "FIRE" appears on them. As turn the fourth dial to "E", the lock becomes disengaged with a click.

Item [FIRE Password] has been removed from the Team Inventory.

You open the cabinet door and inside seems to be an unusual relic you don't think you've ever seen anything like before. At first you think it's some type of glowing purple shiv or dagger, but when you take a closer look, it looks like an icicle. And yet it's burning. As you look around, you don't see anything else here, but this is still quite a find.

It immediately makes you think of the Unlit Candle of the Departed that was found not too long ago. This strange relic may be the only thing that can light that. You take it with you just for that reason. Oddly enough, it doesn't burn you and it's safe to hold, but with the Stalkers, you can never be too sure...

Item [Burning Icicle] has been added to the Team Inventory.

You decide to head back to base with what you have found here.

Sarah the Archen (S: Rock/Flying)

Health: 4/4
Sanity: 3/4
Perk: Security | Learned Abilities: Escort/Protect
Failed Assassinations: 0/2