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

[Neo Emolga]

Rest again

You decide to play it safe tonight and get some rest in instead. It's been helping you a lot lately and you feel with every hour that passes, you hear less of the voices in your head and things have been settling down. The shadows don't seem so alive anymore and you've been feeling a lot calmer.

You continue to sleep and allow pleasant dreams to help clear your head of the macabre sensations that have been plaguing you lately.

Carly has recovered 1 Point of Sanity.

When you wake up, you feel they're almost completely gone now. What used to be horrifying to you now just seems like a passing memory that just continues to lose its grip on you.

Carly the Heracross (M: Bug/Fighting)

Health: 5/5
Sanity: 3/4
Perk: Diplomacy | Learned Abilities: Rescue/Escape
Failed Assassinations: 0/2

[Noblejanobii]

Was hoping to hold out until another exorcism was needed but since both my chances were rudely stolen from me I guess I can take my chances and search (31)(a) Redbarrel Foods Floors 1-4. If there’s any sanity damage make it apply to the shaymin.

HEY!

[Neo Emolga]

I'll search #31 Redbarrel Foods Exterior.

You decide to head to the northern side of town tonight and check around the Redbarrel Foods manufacturing plant. The large black building doesn't seem to be in bad shape and seems to be well maintained, but you notice the concrete wall looks like it should be fixed.

On the eastern side, you notice there's a message drawn onto the broken wall and it seems there's a code attached to it as well.



Message =Broken Wall Message= has been noted in the Team Records.
Item [Four Digit Code 8871] has been added to the Team Inventory.

You wonder if this has something to do with the meat locker on the inside or if this is related to something else entirely. But if it is related to the meat locker cold storage, you wonder who wrote this and why they provided the code. You take note of the code and continue your search around the building.

Besides a little bit of trash by the dumpster and some bits of debris here and there, you don't really find too much else that seems odd or out of place. You decide to head back to base and prepare for what the morning may bring.

Quincy the Victini (S: Psychic/Fire)

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

[Neo Emolga]

Rusty woke up and walked out of his room. He glanced back and considered another day of rest, but all his lazy nothing-doing was driving him stir-crazy, even with his spiritual company.
He considered the information he had absorbed through the "metaknowledge" tactic he had learned on another timeline, where you know stuff you logically shouldn't know because something bigger is whispering it into your ear, then glanced at the Lit Candle of the Departed.
"Sod it," he grumbled, taking the bright icicle, with that odd Mimyuku Statue in mind. He considered leaving Bless (that was her name now, he decided) behind, but decided against it. Never know, she might feel something he can't.

You decide to take Lit Candle of the Departed with you to the Mimikyu statue and Bless joins you the entire way. The night still feels a bit unsettling and there are still things that Bless can do that surprise you, but nonetheless, you have become accustomed to her presence and it helps you not to feel so alone.

You arrive before the Mimikyu statue and place the Lit Candle of the Departed before it. Not sure what to expect, you brace yourself for anything.

Item [Lit Candle of the Departed] was removed from the Team Inventory.

For a quick moment, the flame suddenly flashes and suddenly everything around you is enveloped in a violet-colored light. It quickly dies down and when you look back, you see the Mimikyu statue has vanished, and in its place is the spirit of the Mimikyu in question. He is still shaken a bit and it takes him a few seconds to get used to being able to move again, but then he looks toward you.

"I can't thank you enough..." he speaks to you with a bow. "Please, come with me. There's something you need to know. Something I have to confess to... before I must depart."

You nod, and you and Bless follow the Mimikyu spirit to the back of the strip mall. After moving aside a few boxes, he reveals a hidden set of doors that leads downward. While originally intended to be a supply area, you follow him and he takes you to a whole other room.

He lights the candles throughout the room, and suddenly the room is enveloped in an unsettling glow, but you find all kinds of maps, journals, and records stored throughout the room.

"My name is Dacul, and I used to be friends with Ninian the Numel," he explains, showing you pictures of the exploration team he once had with her. "We were a great team and the best of friends..."

"...before she became Karrasin."

"She was the one who originally pushed me to join her and the whole prospect of exploring Barendal seemed so fascinating the way she described it," Dacul tells you. "We didn't have much money, but we made due with what we had and we decided to make this little underground supply shed our base. There were never any exploration guilds in Southwarren, but we thought if we became successful enough, maybe one day we'd have our own and we could be guildmasters. It was a goal we wanted to strive for."

"We had been going well for years, and then that's when everything with the Stalkers started to happen," Dacul tells you. "I didn't know what Stalkers were at the time when I first heard about them. I didn't know they assimilated friends, family, coworkers, and all the Pokémon we know and trust. And then one day I came across the name Karrasin. I saw it a few times scribbled in our exploration journals in a handwriting I didn't recognize. It was disturbing and for a moment, I thought Ninian had found a third Pokémon to join our team and just hadn't gotten around to telling me yet. As everything around town was starting to go wrong, I felt compelled to ask Ninian about it."

"Where I asked her is exactly where she... no, Karrasin had turned me into stone," Dacul explains further. "I don't know what made her do that instead of just outright kill me the way she did with all the others, but that was some kind of vicious power these otherworldly evils have. Maybe Ninian was able to trick the Karrasin inside her. Maybe make her think it was better to torture my entrapped soul when she was trying to keep the truth from dying with me. I don't know for sure."

"I can sense she's still out there, and I know what Karrasin is capable of," Dacul warns you. "She won't stop until everyone in Southwarren is burnt to nothing but ashes. You have to stop her before Karrasin continues to make Ninian... my best friend... continue to do atrocities that she wouldn't dream of doing."

"My time is almost up..." Dacul tells you as you notice he is beginning to fade. "My body was destroyed in that petrifaction, and while the candle has allowed me to be free, I feel that power is beginning to fade and I must move on. Unlike your Eevee friend, I don't have the conduit I need to remain a part of this world. At least not anymore..."

"Please... free Ninian as you have freed me..." Dacul tells you as he slowly fades into nothing. "My spirit prison was of stone, but her prison is far more catastrophic...

...no one should be the puppet of a killer..."

With the image of Dacul now gone, you now realize the truth and what must be done next.

The Stalker "Karrasin" has been identified as Ninian the Numel.
The Team Records have been updated.

Rusty O'Toole the Lucario (M: Fighting/Steel)

Health: 5/5
Sanity: 3/4
Perk: Security | Learned Abilities: Rescue/Escape
Failed Assassinations: 0/2

[Neo Emolga]

Was hoping to hold out until another exorcism was needed but since both my chances were rudely stolen from me I guess I can take my chances and search (31)(a) Redbarrel Foods Floors 1-4. If there’s any sanity damage make it apply to the shaymin.

HEY!

You head over to the Redbarrel Foods manufacturing plant. With almost no one around, it definitely makes it easier to figure out what's the story behind this meat locker and if there's really anyone trapped in it without having someone notice you.

Inside, nothing really seems all that suspicious about the first floor of the manufacturing plant. Most of the machinery is up to code and whatever wasn't has already been pulled off the line and is being serviced on the side. The inside actually smells nice and the preparation of all the food items in here gives the interior a nice aroma, but you're not really all that concerned about that right now.

You head to where the meat locker is and you find it has a slightly more difficult lock than most of the others you've come across, but it can still be done. The odd thing about it are the strange, black scribbles around the keyhole that you swear seem to flicker a bit if you look at them for too long.

{Locked Meat Locker: <Lockpick>}

You take your tension wrench and specialized picks and start to get to work on it. It feels a bit unsettling to work on, but you imagine there's got to be something interesting on the other side.


(You can do this one or have someone else help you with it. :))

Madder the Mimikyu (S: Ghost/Fairy)

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

[Shruikan]

Ok, for lack of anything else to do right now, and on the off chance she's targeted, I'll Protect #11 Fen the Linoone.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I'll rest so I can do dangerous stuff tomorrow xD

[Neo Emolga]

Ok, for lack of anything else to do right now, and on the off chance she's targeted, I'll Protect #11 Fen the Linoone.

Tonight, you pay Fen the Lioone a visit. You head over to the Culton Apartment building and knock on her door. She wasn't expecting you to come, but you assure her that tonight, you're here to ensure she stays safe and that you'll keep a lookout for her.

"Thank you," she smiles. "I appreciate that and I hope we'll both remain safe tonight. Please let me know if there's anything I can do for you in return."

#11 Fen the Linoone will be defended against all Stalker attacks for this Night Cycle.

While she sleeps, you keep vigilant and use what you've learned from Britera now out in the field.

Hope the Alolan Vulpix (S: Ice)

Health: 4/4
Sanity: 2/4
Perk: First Aid | Learned Abilities: Rescue/Escape, Escort/Protect
Failed Assassinations: 0/2

[Neo Emolga]

I'll rest so I can do dangerous stuff tomorrow xD

You decide to spend one last night to rest up and fully purge the shadows and buzzing in your head. You've been able to make the horrors that you've felt before seem like a distant, faded memory, and now you want to be ready for anything tomorrow.

You lie down on the mattress and tuck yourself in, feeling warm, cozy, and comfortable. It's a gentle evening tonight and it helps you fully clear your head.

Sarah has recovered 1 Point of Sanity.

When you wake up tomorrow morning, you know you'll be ready for anything to come your way.

Sarah the Archen (S: Rock/Flying)

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

[Neo Emolga]

@Neo Emolga solved it

The tricky lock mechanism disengages and finally, you're able to get the heavy metal door open. Once you're able to look inside, you see the contents of the cold storage before you. The metal walls are caked with frost and ice, the steel floor is chilly and cold, and there are plenty of frozen meat packages on the shelves and walls. Meanwhile, frozen pipes and tubes run and weave around all along the walls and ceiling.

What immediately catches your attention is the pink and beige body of a Skitty lying on the frozen floor. It turns out Vessi was right. There was a Pokémon locked in here crying for help and no one believed her. At first, you think the Skitty is dead and froze to death, but when you approach her, it seems like she is still alive, but in serious condition. There is still a pulse, but it's very weak and her body temperature has been severely lowered.

"...I ...I'm... ... V... V-vadi..." she speaks very weakly, barely able to open her eyes as her body shivers. "H-h... help... m-me..."

{Wounded Vadi the Skitty: <First Aid>} has been noted in the Team Records.

Unfortunately, you just don't have the first aid skills to help her right now, and trying to move her body might put her into shock. The only thing you can do for her now is just assure her that you'll get help for her.

Madder the Mimikyu (S: Ghost/Fairy)

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