Main Action and Team Status Thread [VICTORY!!!] [Archive]

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10-08-2016, 04:33 AM

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Main Action and Team Status Thread

We've now live!

Here is where you go to take actions. In case you need a reminder of how things work, check out the Main Rules and Gameplay right here. (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11669-Pok%E9mon-Mystery-Dungeon-Stalkers-of-the-Twisted-Sin-Rules-and-Gameplay)

Players

All players are working together. Mew's powers and protection will save you from being targeted by the Stalkers, but it will vanish if you spill too much innocent blood (perform two assassinations on innocent Pokémon).

Carly the Yanmega (Assassinations: 0)
Sarah the Bulbasaur (Assassinations: 0)
Sloane the Shaymin (Assassinations: 0)
Lita the Pikachu (Assassinations: 0)
Katie the Togekiss (Assassinations: 0)
Eric the Pikachu (Assassinations: 0)
Laura the Umbreon (Assassinations: 0)
Jeff the Volcarona (Assassinations: 0)
Gemma the Altaria (Assassinations: 0)
Xanthe the Misdreavus (Assassinations: 0)
Anthony the Dragonite (Assassinations: 0)
Dash the Keldeo (Assassinations: 0)
Aurimas the Bastiodon (Assassinations: 0)
Shruikan the Shinx (Assassinations: 0)
Eric the Bulbasaur (Assassinations: 0)
Viridian the Snivy (Assassinations: 0)
Adrian the Lucario (Assassinations: 0)
Theo the Quilava (Assassinations: 0)

Doom Tracker

http://i.imgur.com/k6Rz8Ap.png

(3/20 Innocent Pokémon Killed)

This tracks the number of innocent Pokémon that have been killed. If all 20 "Os" get X-ed out, the game is over.

Stalkers Eliminated

(0/6 Stalkers Eliminated)
<No Stalkers have been eliminated yet>

Team Inventory

All players share the same inventory, and any items in inventory can be used by any player at any time. Also, items can't be "wasted." If a player attempts to use the wrong item at the wrong place, they'll just get a failure message and nothing happens.

=Ripped Poem= (http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=2d8aa1607d32)
=Folded Paper= (http://i.imgur.com/OlOXx0u.png)
=Divine Judgment Ritual Statement= (http://i.imgur.com/qNoQziB.png)
=Sin Purge Instructions, Part 1= (http://i.imgur.com/3zKozQA.png)
=A Twisted Note= (http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=055532d4c99e)
=The Shadefetch Documents= (http://i.imgur.com/Cf62ca4.png)
=Sin Purge Instructions, Part 2= (http://i.imgur.com/qW5uqYs.png)

[Holy Water Container]
[Number Code: 987] - (Created from completed Sudoku puzzle (http://sta.sh/01dd0f3njwtp) - by LKWayvern)
[Ω Omega Key]

[Coin of Evisceration]
[Stalker Samples]

[Ceremonial Fire Lighter]
[White Flower Stone]
[Completed Design of the Sin Purge Circle]
[Ø Slashed Circle Key]

[Gray Flower Stone]

Serenity Town Investigation Status

This is a list of all the locations in Serenity Town. If a location is searched and things are found there, this status list will be updated with what was found at that location.

http://i.imgur.com/citLcb8.png

(1) Town Hall <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221289&viewfull=1#post221289)
A [Ꙉ Cross Arch Key] was found here.

(2) Police Station <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221310&viewfull=1#post221310)

(3) Verlisa's Treasures Store <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221353&viewfull=1#post221353)
An was found here.

(4) The Star Compass Store [i]<SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221406&viewfull=1#post221406)

(5) Serenity Dojo <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221576&viewfull=1#post221576)

(6) The Silver Moon <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221636&viewfull=1#post221636)
The =Sin Purge Instructions, Part 1= (http://i.imgur.com/3zKozQA.png) were found at this location.

(7) Serenity Town School <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221573&viewfull=1#post221573)

(8) Serenity Town Library <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221238&viewfull=1#post221238)
An was found here.

(9) The Willow Tree Cafe (Abandoned) [i]<SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221566&viewfull=1#post221566)
A was found here.

(10) Sleepy Valley Apartments [i]<SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221285&viewfull=1#post221285)

[b]{Abandoned Basement Door}
[s][b]Keyhole with Heart Emblem - Unlocked with the [Heart Key]
Missing Left Wing - Inserted
[b]Missing Right Wing - Inserted [White Wing Piece]

The was found here.
The =Twisted Note= (http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=055532d4c99e) was found here.
A =Ripped Poem= (http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=2d8aa1607d32) was found here.

(11) Daz's Greenhouse <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221502&viewfull=1#post221502)

{Lockbox, α Alpha emblem}

The [β Beta Key] was found here when the [α Alpha Key] was used.
=The Shadefetch Documents= (http://i.imgur.com/Cf62ca4.png)
The [Ω Omega Key] was found here.

(11a) Daz's Greenhouse: Silo #1 <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221615&viewfull=1#post221615)
{Locked Cabinet, β Beta emblem}
=Bloody Gardening Tools= were found here when the [β Beta Key] was used on the {Locked Cabinet.}

(11b) Daz's Greenhouse: Silo #2 <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222051&viewfull=1#post222051)
The [α Alpha Key] was found here.

(12) Marche's House <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221633&viewfull=1#post221633)
The [Coin of Anguish] was found here.

(13) Dami's Flowerbed <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221404&viewfull=1#post221404)
[Design of the Sin Purge Circle, Piece 3 of 3] was found here.

(14) Serenity Town Hospital <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221394&viewfull=1#post221394)
An was found here.

(15) Sagin's House <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222015&viewfull=1#post222015)

(16) Serenity Town Performing Arts Center <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221725&viewfull=1#post221725)
The [Ꚛ Cross Circle Key] was found here.
The [Coin of Evisceration] was found here.

(17) Freeroam Apartment Building <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221408&viewfull=1#post221408)
The [XX Key] was found here.

(18) Casha's Pottery <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222143&viewfull=1#post222143)

(19) Doctor Rulend's Home <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222319&viewfull=1#post222319)
An was found here.

(20) Riverwatch Apartments [i]<SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221682&viewfull=1#post221682)The [Coin of Despair] was found here.

(21) Serenity Metalworks <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222331&viewfull=1#post222331)

(22) Srin's House <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222245&viewfull=1#post222245)
The [Design of the Sin Purge Circle, Piece 1 of 3] was found here.

(23) Serenity Town Supermarket <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222044&viewfull=1#post222044)

(24) Gillan's Textiles <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222349&viewfull=1#post222349)
The =Sin Purge Instructions, Part 2= (http://i.imgur.com/qW5uqYs.png) were found here.

(25) The Silver Arch Hotel and Casino <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221283&viewfull=1#post221283)
A was found here.
A =Folded Paper= (http://i.imgur.com/OlOXx0u.png) was found here.

(26) Serenity Town Windmill [i]<SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221983&viewfull=1#post221983)
{White Cabinet}
[s]Missing Mother Nature Star Slot - Inserted
[s]Missing Father Time Star Slot - Inserted
The [Ceremonial Fire Lighter] was found inside the unlocked {White Cabinet}.

(27) Prat's Farm <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222272&viewfull=1#post222272)
The [White Flower Stone] was found here.

(27) Prat's Farm: Wheat Field [i]<SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222431&viewfull=1#post222431)
The [Ø Slashed Circle Key] was found here.

(28) Dari's House <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222394&viewfull=1#post222394)

(29) Shawl's Cafe <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222346&viewfull=1#post222346)
A was found here.

(30) Serenity Town Church <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221242&viewfull=1#post221242)
A {Holy Gold Lockbox, Ꚛ Cross Circle emblem} was found here.

The [Stalker Samples] were found here (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222021&viewfull=1#post222021) after the Holy Gold Lockbox was unlocked with the [Ꚛ Cross Circle Key].
A {Locked Book, Ꙉ Cross Arch emblem} was found here.

The =Divine Ritual Statement= (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221313&viewfull=1#post221313) was found here after the {Locked Book} was opened with the [Ꙉ Cross Arch Key].

(31) Dassy's Workshop <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221299&viewfull=1#post221299)
An was found here.

(32) Voren's Farm [i]<SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222495&viewfull=1#post222495)
The [Gray Flower Stone] was found here.

(33) Drem Residence (Abandoned) <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222491&viewfull=1#post222491)

(34) Sammi's Cafe (Abandoned) <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222492&viewfull=1#post222492)

{Sammi's Cafe Locked Front Door}
White Flower Slot
Black Flower Slot

(35) Quiet Creek Apartments (Abandoned) <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222227&viewfull=1#post222227)

{Underground Hall of the Mad}
[s]Father Raichu Heart Slot - Inserted
[s]Mother Raichu Heart Slot - Inserted
[s]Child Pichu Heart Slot - Inserted

[b]The [Right Half of the SUNKEN Face] was found here.

(36) Vacant House (Abandoned) <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221600&viewfull=1#post221600)

{Victini Statue}
[s]Missing Ears - Inserted [Victini Statue Ears]
Missing Eyes - Inserted [Victini Statue Eyes
Missing Mouth - Inserted [Victini Statue Mouth]

The [Bloody Wing Piece] was found here.
{Heavy Locker, 3 Digit Combination}

The NTH findings (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222502&viewfull=1#post222502) - After using the [Number Code: 987]

(37) Renner Farm (Abandoned) <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222336&viewfull=1#post222336)

{The Judgment Basement Door}
[s]Despair Slot Inserted [Coin of Despair]
Anguish Slot Inserted [Coin of Anguish]
Damnation Slot Inserted [Coin of Damnation]

The [Left Half of the SUNKEN Face] was found after the three coins were inserted.

(37a) Renner Farm (Abandoned): Dead Cabbage Field <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222493&viewfull=1#post222493)
(37b) Renner Farm (Abandoned): Dead Vineyard <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221367&viewfull=1#post221367)
A [Gold Heart Piece] was found here.
A was found here.

(38) Fireplace Inn <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222408&viewfull=1#post222408)
The [Victini Statue Mouth] was found here.

(39) Adom's Home <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222396&viewfull=1#post222396)
An was found here.

(40) Detti's Nursery (Abandoned) <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221375&viewfull=1#post221375)
A was found here.

(41) Jurak's House <UNSEARCHED>

(42) Rustan's House (Abandoned) <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221244&viewfull=1#post221244)

(43) Ryne's Farm <UNSEARCHED>

(43a) Ryne's Farm: Workshop [i]<SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222339&viewfull=1#post222339)
(43b) Ryne's Farm: Apple Orchard <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221571&viewfull=1#post221571)
A [White Wing Piece] was found here.
(43c) Ryne's Farm: Berry Patches <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222345&viewfull=1#post222345)

(44) Serenity Town Bank <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222138&viewfull=1#post222138)
The was found here.

(45) Lablanc Mansion <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221677&viewfull=1#post221677)
The [Coin of Damnation] was found here.

(46) Golden Brown Bakery <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222382&viewfull=1#post222382)

(47) The Vordin Mansion (Abandoned) <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222259&viewfull=1#post222259)

{Chapel of the SUNKEN God}
[s]Missing Face Left Half Inserted [Left Half of the SUNKEN Face]
Missing Face Right Half Inserted [Right Half of the SUNKEN Face]

The Truth About Epitaph revealed (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222410&viewfull=1#post222410)

(48) Diante's Guild (Abandoned) <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221710&viewfull=1#post221710)

{Locked Front Door, XX Emblem}

The [Victini Statue Ears] were found here after the [XX Key] was used here.

(49) Rolodon Apartments <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221616&viewfull=1#post221616)

{Nondescript Iron Door}

{Disorder Door}
Lock, Ω Emblem
Empty Flower Slot
Missing Victini Statue Wing
Missing Wing Piece
Empty Coin Slot

(50) Cyancreek Lake <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221304&viewfull=1#post221304)

{Buried Lockbox}
[b][s]Missing Heart Left Half Inserted:
[s]Missing Heart Right Half Inserted: [Gold Heart Piece]
The [Heart Key] was found in the {Buried Lockbox}.

(51) Greenstone Park <SEARCHED> (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221607&viewfull=1#post221607)
The [Victini Statue Eyes] were found here.

Serenity Town Civilian Reports

Here is the directory of player interviews with the civilians of Serenity Town. If a civilian has been interviewed by player characters, links to the posts where interviews are resolved will be posted next to the civilian's name.

1. Pashner the Blastoise - Katie's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221388&viewfull=1#post221388)
2. Bendra the Garchomp - <KILLED BY THE STALKERS>
3. Adom the Magnezone - Aurimas's Interview ([Silver Candle] Obtained) (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221712&viewfull=1#post221712)
4. Zick the Jolteon - Laura's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221497&viewfull=1#post221497) / Jeff's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222268&viewfull=1#post222268)
5. Verlisa the Glaceon - Laura's Interview ([Silver Candle] obtained) (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222328&viewfull=1#post222328)
6. Maft the Braviary <UNQUESTIONED>
7. Saren the Rufflet <UNQUESTIONED>
8. Dakken the Hitmonlee <UNQUESTIONED>
9. Fetcher the Fearow - Carly's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221667&viewfull=1#post221667)
10. Ralice the Fearow <UNQUESTIONED>
11. Rike the Spearow - Xanthe's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222344&viewfull=1#post222344)
12. Kash the Spearow <UNQUESTIONED>
13. Rodan the Combusken <UNQUESTIONED>
14. Jurak the Haxorus - Anthony's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222308&viewfull=1#post222308)
15. Sonta the Mandibuzz <UNQUESTIONED>
16. Rashna the Flaaffy Lit's Interview ([Silver Candle] obtained.) (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222221&viewfull=1#post222221)
17. Crain the Gliscor <UNQUESTIONED>
18. Gloan the Snorlax - Sloane's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221373&viewfull=1#post221373)
19. Samari the Breloom - Eric's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221629&viewfull=1#post221629)
20. Daz the Dragonite - Anthony's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221237&viewfull=1#post221237) / Gemma's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221830&viewfull=1#post221830)
21. Marche the Zoroark - Laura's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221760&viewfull=1#post221760)
22. Dami the Bellossom Sloan's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221705&viewfull=1#post221705)
23. Vam the Oddish - Sarah's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221352&viewfull=1#post221352)
24. Sagin the Camerupt <UNQUESTIONED>
25. Kile the Staraptor <UNQUESTIONED>
26. Nashelle the Swellow <UNQUESTIONED>
27. Jancine the Froslass - Xanthe's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221248&viewfull=1#post221248)
28. Dolun the Carracosta <UNQUESTIONED>
29. Smide the Electabuzz - Carly's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221579&viewfull=1#post221579)
30. Casha the Eevee - Viridian's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221665&viewfull=1#post221665)
31. Rulend the Rampardos - Aurimas's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222497&viewfull=1#post222497)
32. Nulan the Mawile <KILLED BY THE STALKERS>
33. Kneed the Krookodile <UNQUESTIONED>
34. Joff the Infernape - Jeff's Interview ([Holy Water Container] obtained) (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221298&viewfull=1#post221298)
35. Srin the Mienshao - Theo's Interview ([Silver Candle] obtained) (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222442&viewfull=1#post222442)
36. Trinka the Lopunny Carly's Interview ([Star Stone - Mother Nature] obtained) (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222002&viewfull=1#post222002)
37. Cina the Chansey <KILLED BY THE STALKERS>
38. Razen the Jumpluff <UNQUESTIONED>
39. Talag the Pangoro <UNQUESTIONED>
40. Gillan the Snivy - Sarah's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221582&viewfull=1#post221582)
41. Blak the Zangoose <UNQUESTIONED>
42. Namax the Weavile <UNQUESTIONED>
43. Prat the Heliolisk Eric's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222261&viewfull=1#post222261)
44. Tashy the Furret <UNQUESTIONED>
45. Dari the Raichu - Eric's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222040&viewfull=1#post222040)
46. Saps the Pachirisu <UNQUESTIONED>
47. Shawl the Bibarel Dash's Interview ([Silver Candle] obtained) (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222317&viewfull=1#post222317)
48. Dassy the Goodra - Eric's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221365&viewfull=1#post221365) / Gemma's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221638&viewfull=1#post221638)
49. Voren the Marowak <UNQUESTIONED>
50. Maland the Whimsicott <UNQUESTIONED>
51. Senia the Aromatisse - Katie's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222435&viewfull=1#post222435)
52. Ryne the Floatzel - Carly's Interview ([Star Stone: Father Time] obtained) (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221758&viewfull=1#post221758)
53. Sharine the Floatzel Larua's Interview ([Silver Candle] obtained.) (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222487&viewfull=1#post222487)
54. Kandi the Buizel - Xanthe's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221396&viewfull=1#post221396)
55. Lablanc the Liepard Adrian's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222250&viewfull=1#post222250)
56. Clyde the Hawlucha Carly's Interview ([Design of the Sin Purge Circle, Part 2 of 3] Obtained) (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=222400&viewfull=1#post222400)
57. Mille the Vaporeon - Eric's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221578&viewfull=1#post221578) / Dash's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221762&viewfull=1#post221762)
58. Mort the Grumpig - Viridian's Interview (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?11704-Main-Action-and-Team-Status-Thread-NOW-LIVE!&p=221716&viewfull=1#post221716)
59. Meepa the Meowstic <UNQUESTIONED>
60. Durn the Palpitoad <UNQUESTIONED>

AWA1997

10-08-2016, 05:40 AM

Interview #20 Daz the Dragonite.

Scytherwolf

10-08-2016, 05:51 AM

http://i.imgur.com/oJhrOxC.png Searching #8, Serenity Town Library.

The Nonexistent Tazz

10-08-2016, 06:56 AM

Searching #30 Serenity Town Church

Pokemon Trainer Sarah

10-08-2016, 10:03 AM

Search (42) Rustan's House (Abandoned)

Neo Emolga

10-08-2016, 11:23 AM

Interview #20 Daz the Dragonite.

Interview Rapport: EXTREMELY POSITIVE
+2 Shared Pokémon types
+1 Shared Pokémon evolution stage

As you approach Daz out by his greenhouse, he looks up and seems very content to see a fellow Dragonite. You can almost tell from the look in his eyes that it's been a while since he's seen one of his own kind around here. You introduce yourself and ask him what his perspective on the current town situation is.

"I'm Daz, a greenhouse farmer for this town," Daz tells you with a momentary smile, taking a glance especially toward the Sleepy Valley Apartment building across the road. "It's hard to trust anyone these days, especially from the Pokémon over there. They do a lot of spying and snooping around and I wouldn't be surprised if they were up to something... nefarious..."

Daz's composure and facial reactions clue you in that he seems distant, untrusting, and skeptical of most of the other Pokémon in Serenity Town, but thanks to you being his same species, he has opened up to you in ways that he hasn't in what seems like many years.

"I'd just like some peace and quiet," Daz tells you up front, reminiscing about earlier days. "Things were much more pleasant around here when there were less Pokémon sulking about. I used to have more space around my farm, but now they're surrounding it everywhere. Especially when that damn Snorlax, Gloan, build that Arceus-forsaken apartment building overlooking my property. And now all this is going on. This town used to have a much nicer history, and I'll be frank, I love a good history book. Or anything history, really." He sighs for a moment. "But I can tell a lot of the Pokémon here are only about change and have forgotten about our origins."

Daz looks up at the sun, sighs, and then nods to you.

"It was nice to meet you, Anthony," Daz smiled, but for just a brief moment. "Unfortunately, despite what's going on around town, time carries on, and I need to get back to work. Take care."

Neo Emolga

10-08-2016, 11:23 AM

http://i.imgur.com/oJhrOxC.png Searching #8, Serenity Town Library.

As you approach the Serenity Town Library, you notice the building is old and small and likely has seen a lot of use throughout the years, but it still actively used on a daily basis by the Pokémon here despite the building's age and the age of some of the older books around here, many of them from all types of genres. You also find that Crain, the Gliscor, works alone here as a librarian.

In your undetected searching around the building's perimeter, you notice a small white-colored bowl has been secretly placed by the back wall, hidden in a small alcove you just barely caught sight of. You are given good reason to believe it was put here intentionally and that is has some significance.

Item: [Ivory Bowl] has been added to the Team Inventory

Suicune's Fire

10-08-2016, 11:26 AM

Neo Emolga

10-08-2016, 11:40 AM

Searching #30 Serenity Town Church

As you approach Serenity Town's church, you feel a pleasant and welcoming atmosphere surrounding this well-kept and well-maintained building. Despite Adis's recent passing, it is clear the Delphox intended to keep this place of worship intact and very clean. It appears things surrounding the church have become especially quiet.

Inside, the church bears the same welcoming and homely atmosphere as the exterior. As you search Adis's living quarters, you notice two things that stand out especially.

A {Holy Gold Lockbox} resides under Adis's bed in a hidden place of protection that Adis wanted to keep hidden and secret, protected from the ones that were pursuing him in the first place. You check the front of the gold lockbox and there is a Ꚛ emblem by the keyhole.

Meanwhile, on a small bookshelf across from Adis's bed, several of the old books that are there have seen many years of age, but there is one old one that stands out to you as having been opened recently. The book has also been locked shut, but by the small keyhole of the {Locked Book}, you can make out a tiny Ꙉ emblem.

Container: {Holy Gold Lockbox, Ꚛ Cross Circle emblem} has been noted in the Team reports.
Container: {Locked Book, Ꙉ Cross Arch emblem} has been noted in the Team reports.

Neo Emolga

10-08-2016, 11:49 AM

Search (42) Rustan's House (Abandoned)

As you approach Rustan's house, you can tell it was definitely only very recently that Rustan the Charizard was killed. All of his belongings are still here and in very decent shape, as if they're all expecting Rustan to come home any minute... even though he never will...

Despite everything still appearing to be in generally good working order, nothing really seems to stand out around the exterior or interior of the building.

Neo Emolga

10-08-2016, 12:10 PM

http://i.imgur.com/F1eM3k0.png

INTERVIEWING #27 - Jancine the Froslass about noticing if any pokemon have been acting weirdly.

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http://i.imgur.com/MxgzEnU.png

Hi, Jancine! ^-^ I know we aren't well acquainted, but I was wondering if we could talk, ya know, ghost-type to ghost-type...

Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon Type

You introduce yourself to Jancine the Froslass as she's heading home from work, and to you, she seems like the casual, laid-back, and seductive type. She seems pleased to meet a fellow ghost type such as yourself.

"Hello there," she smiles with a wink. "You don't seem familiar, but it's nice to meet you, Xanthe."

She nods when you inquire about Pokémon acting strangely. It seems that despite her laid-back and casual aura, there's been something pecking at her mind lately.

"'Weirdly,'" Jancine nods when you mention that word. "Yeah, quite a few Pokémon in this town act really bizarre. See, I work as a waitress at the Silver Moon, and trust me, when you work in a place like that... let's just say you meet a lot of weird people saying weird things. But it isn't so much inside the restaurant as it is some of the things going on outside of it."

She then looks toward The Silver Arch Hotel and Casino.

"Yeah... that place." Jancine tells you with a bit of a distaste in her voice. "The Silver Arch. I hate that place. Something about it just reeks. Listen, I'm no private eye and already a few of the Pokémon that have been trying to get to the bottom of these 'Stalkers' have gotten themselves killed. You look like you can handle yourself, Xanthe, so maybe look into it when you get a moment. They wouldn't suspect anything out of you, but me... let's just say that place and I have a bit of a history and it's not pretty."

"Hopefully you can get to the bottom of this mess," Jancine tells you with a reassuring smile. "Good luck out there, sis."

LKWayvern

10-08-2016, 12:28 PM

http://i.imgur.com/R0VeASw.png Search number 25! The Silver Arch Hotel and Casino! I'm gonna leave no stone unturned!

Noblejanobii

10-08-2016, 02:14 PM

http://i.imgur.com/qkLATDO.png Search #10 Sleepy Valley apartments

EmeraldSky

10-08-2016, 02:29 PM

Search #1 The Town Hall--Lita decides to first see if the town leadership has been able to do anything about the Stalkers, and hopefully find a lead

The Nonexistent Tazz

10-08-2016, 05:44 PM

Interview #34. Joff the Infernape.

Chakramaster

10-08-2016, 07:10 PM

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u175/Chakramasters/Pikachu%20icon%201_zpsmlpj1hab.png Search #31: Dassy's Workshop

Neo Emolga

10-08-2016, 07:16 PM

http://i.imgur.com/R0VeASw.png Search number 25! The Silver Arch Hotel and Casino! I'm gonna leave no stone unturned!

Upon arriving before The Silver Arch Hotel and Casino, you get an unsettling feeling about this place. While the building seems to be in good condition, you can't help but feel there's something out of place and that there may dark secrets here. During the day, it seems things are quiet and that this place gets most of its activity from its nightlife.

After checking around the perimeter, something stands out in one of the slits behind the stone wall around the back. Upon taking a closer look, you slide the object away from the wall, and it appears it wasn't meant to be there to begin with. Upon closer inspection, it appears to be a coin-like metallic object in the shape of a black, feathered wing.

Item: [Black Wing Piece] has been added to the Team Inventory.

With the exterior of the building searched, you head inside and make your search around the hotel lobby and gambling hall. While the inside seems to be in good and respectable condition, there seems to be a side area around the office area that stands out to you. Something about the plaster wall looks like it was disturbed recently, and when you take a closer look, it appears there are numbers scrawled around the area, probably with a pencil. A piece of paper is tucked away there, and when you pull it out and unfold it, something else is revealed...

http://i.imgur.com/OlOXx0u.png
(PM the solution to me once you have it. It will turn into an access code key once you have it.)

You take it with you for safekeeping.

LKWayvern

10-08-2016, 07:26 PM

Neo Emolga

10-08-2016, 07:39 PM

http://i.imgur.com/qkLATDO.png Search #10 Sleepy Valley apartments

Upon arriving at the Sleepy Valley Apartment building, you already get the feeling that the owner, Gloan, must be pretty wealthy to own such a large place to rent out to so many Pokémon. The grounds aren't anything particularly special in terms of conditions, but you are already certain it's definitely not the worst building in town. But you get the feeling Gloan must not be the most pleasant landlord to have to deal with.

After inspecting the exterior of the building, you find several areas that Gloan, or whoever he must have hired to maintain the property, has neglected for quite a while. One area in particular around the outside looks like it was neglected for a while until only recently. It almost looks like someone has been here recently, and when you look around, you find all kinds of ripped-up pieces of paper. You gather them up...

=A Ripped Poem= (http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=2d8aa1607d32)

You then head inside the apartment building and search the interior. Most of the tenants have left for the day, but you do get the following details:

Rodan, the Combusken, appears to be a chef. There is a delivery by his door for cooking supplies and equipment. His apartment, however, is locked.

Meanwhile, there's a note on Nashelle the Swellow's door:

"Hey, Kile, if you're reading this, I'm going to be late tonight. Stupid Fletcher wants me working a double shift. I'll come to your place as soon as it's done. Love you, sweetcakes!"

The rest of the doors seems to be locked and don't offer any insight. You proceed to check the lower levels, which appear to have been neglected for a long time, if not years. You come across one basement door that appears to have been unused for quite a few years. You take a closer look to see there is a keyhole with a heart emblem. Meanwhile, there are two vacant spaces that need to be filled with some wing-shaped object.

Below it all, there is an inscription.

"Only those special enough to secure my soul will pass through these gates."

Locked Door {Abandoned Basement Door, Keyhole with Heart Emblem, Missing Right Wing, Missing Left Wing} has been noted in the Team reports.

Neo Emolga

10-08-2016, 07:54 PM

Search #1 The Town Hall--Lita decides to first see if the town leadership has been able to do anything about the Stalkers, and hopefully find a lead

Despite all that has happened recently, the Town Hall of Serenity Town seems to still remain unshaken by the recent events, at least for now. It appears Mayor Pashner has been trying to keep order despite the calamities. In the meantime, you get the sense that the building is very old, but has been maintained well throughout Serenity Town's existence.

The outside of the building doesn't appear to have anything out of place. It doesn't look like anything was recently disturbed from what you can tell.

The interior also seems to be in good shape with respect to the age and original wood construction of the building. It definitely doesn't look like anything nefarious has happened here recently.

Inside, it appears someone has hidden something behind one of the seats meant for larger, fully evolved Pokémon. It appears to be something even Mayor Pashner has not seen yet, but as you slide out the metallic object, you see that it's a key of sorts.

Item: [Ꙉ Cross Arch Key] has been added to the Team Inventory.

EmeraldSky

10-08-2016, 08:07 PM

Lita drops the key in her bag to show her teammates later and decides to continue by searching #2: The Police Station

Neo Emolga

10-08-2016, 08:22 PM

Interview #34. Joff the Infernape.

Interview Rapport: NEUTRAL
+1 Shared Pokémon Type
-1 Not very effective against (Bug to Fire)
-1 Not very effective against (Bug to Fighting)
+1 Shared Pokémon evolution stage

From what you can tell about Joff, he's definitely the hard-working type that takes pride in his work and strives to build a better living for himself. It also seemed that he was working hard to provide for his wife Pari and his son Rem... before they were killed by the Stalkers. Lately, it seems like he hasn't talked to anyone for a while, and from your perspective, he continues to work hard, not only to keep his life going...

...but to keep his mind off of the tragedy that has befallen his family.

You approach him at his workplace and introduce yourself. At first, he is reluctant to speak, but after looking to you after pausing his metal-working, he nods.

"Well, hello, Jeff," he replies to you. "I haven't been much for conversation recently. Almost everyone knows why, some people don't care, but I haven't seen you around so you might not be aware of all the things that have been going around in this forsaken town."

He looks around, still trying to gather his thoughts.

"They found Pari and Rem..." he began, struggling to say the words, "...crushed to... pieces. In fact, the only thing they had to identify them with was the... necklace I gave to Pari and... Rem's... scarf. The one Pari... made for him."

It takes him a long time before he's able to speak again. He seems a little lost in thought, but after he gathers his thoughts, he looks to you for a few seconds, mutters words to himself, shakes his head, but eventually makes up his mind. He asks you to wait just a moment before going into one of his hidden drawers and giving you what appears to be a ornate container filled with about six cups of water.

"Adis... Adis gave this to me for safekeeping," Joff tells you, handing you the container of water. "It's holy water. I'm... I'm not sure what he wanted me to keep this for. He told me he was going to come back for it later... but now he's gone too. I have no clue what to do with it now, but I think you can probably make better use of it than I can. Please, just make sure whatever you do with it, it doesn't go to waste..."

Item: [Holy Water Container] has been added to the Team Inventory.

"I don't know who these Stalkers are," Joff tells you. "But please, stop them, do whatever you have to and put an end to these bastards. For Adis. For everyone. But especially... for Pari and Rem..."

After speaking with you, it looks like he won't be able to pick up work again until later.

"Thanks for listening to me," Joff tells you, stepping awake. "I just need some time alone now..."

Neo Emolga

10-08-2016, 08:38 PM

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u175/Chakramasters/Pikachu%20icon%201_zpsmlpj1hab.png Search #31: Dassy's Workshop

As you approach Dassy's Workshop, you can sense that Dassy the Goodra must be a very friendly Pokémon considering the way she has tried to decorate her store and house with flowers, banners, and other decorative objects to invite Pokémon to come in, but the condition of her house indicates it has fallen on hard times and business isn't nearly as good as she was hoping it would be.

While renovations could use work, Dassy has been at least trying to keep the grounds and her personal flower garden in good shape. Outside, it almost seems nothing is out of the ordinary, but you come across a small pouch that has been hidden underneath the steps to her front door. It almost seems like it was put there beyond Dassy's knowledge. You open the pouch and it appears to be another white bowl that is striking similar to the one Carly found at the library.

Item: [Ivory Bowl] has been added to the Team Inventory

Checking the inside of Dassy's house reinforces more of the conclusion that it seems Dassy is a nice Pokémon, but just struggles financially. Most of the shelves of her store are well-stocked with items that Dassy just can't seem to sell. You even take note that the prices of her goods have been crossed out several times to be replaced with lower values.

Neo Emolga

10-08-2016, 09:08 PM

http://i.imgur.com/kxPx2jP.png Oo, what's this? Looks important...
http://i.imgur.com/oA3VA9H.png It looks like a... sudoku puzzle, or something?
http://i.imgur.com/R0VeASw.png Anyways... Next! Investigate number 50, Cyancreek Lake!

As you approach Cyancreek Lake, you feel a creepy stillness come over you as you recognize the sensation that this used to be a place of relaxation and peacefulness now overcome with the feeling of death and eeriness. You circle around the perimeter of the lake and notice there are a few disturbances in the muddy ground, but there's nothing distinctive enough about them to draw a conclusion. In one area, you can almost see someone had written something in the mud, but recent rainfall wiped out most of the message, making it completely illegible. All you know is that those letter-shaped markings couldn't have been an accident...

Halfway through your check, you see something glint as it's been hidden in the grass besides the waters. You can tell it was hidden here intentionally, but whoever hid it must have been too distracted to do a very good job at covering the metallic object they tried to conceal. You uncover it, and discover it is a lockbox with a heart-shaped hole with a divide running halfway through it, implying two pieces of some heart-shaped object need to be placed here. Unfortunately, the lockbox doesn't budge when you try to lift it. You can only leave it here for now...

Locked container {Buried Lockbox, Missing Heart Left Half, Missing Heart Right Half} has been noted in the Team Reports.

The Nonexistent Tazz

10-08-2016, 09:48 PM

I use the Cross Arch key on the Locked Book in #30 Serenity Town Church

Neo Emolga

10-08-2016, 09:49 PM

Lita drops the key in her bag to show her teammates later and decides to continue by searching #2: The Police Station

As you approach the Serenity Town Police Station, you see that nothing seems too suspicious about the exterior of the gray, stone building. You check around the sides and back, but nothing seems to be out of place.

Searching the inside, you Sheriff Adom and Deputy Zick don't seem to be at their desks at the moment, likely out in the field trying to make sense of the current situation. Sheriff Adom's desk is stuffed with papers regarding several of the findings regarding the victims. You find one page in particular that seems to stand out the most:

"Dear Mayor Pashner,

The recent mix of killings from the Stalkers seems to reveal they have murder signatures. We found several victims decapitated, other victims drowned, a few burned to death, others crushed to a pulp, a few with their throats slit and their hearts removed, and a few where their eyes impaled and smiles carved into their mouths.

There has to be a pattern here, but I'm not sure. Most of these are Deputy Zick's findings and I've been trying to make sense of it, but there's a lot going on in that Jolteon's head that I'm just not sure about. He thinks quickly and is trying to make the best conclusion, but he doesn't want to give me information he feels might be "jumping the gun" too much. As a result, I have to say things still seem inconclusive. He's been working a lot of overtime and until he gives me a finalized report, I have been focusing more on security and trying to prevent yet another murder.

~Adom

As your investigation continues, you carry on to what seems to be Deputy Zick's desk, which has been cluttered with paper, notes, and scribbles. His investigation notes are hard to make out simply because he has a lot of things crossed off, arrows drawn from one word to the next, and things seemingly out of order or in orders you don't catch onto. But one piece of paper seems to stand out from the rest and looks like it's a report that he's been working on for a while as a "final draft" of sorts.

"Adom,

Okay, I think I'm finally onto something.

I've sorted out the ways these Stalkers have been killing Pokémon around Serenity Town. We have quite a few bodies, more than I'd like to count, but they seem to all have six different signatures.

- Decapitation
- Eyes impaled and carved smiles
- Cremations
- Slit throats and hearts removed
- Bodies crushed
- Drownings

I've been over this several times, but all of the bodies have fallen into one of these signatures. They're pretty clear. Because of that and other things I've found, I'm drawing one conclusion out of this.

There are SIX Stalkers out in Serenity Town.

I know, it sounds like a lot and it's a little freaky when I think about it. I did a little work and after reviewing some of the bodies, I found certain names coming up. I think they're Stalker call-signs or something like that.

"Shadefetch" - I found a few of their ramblings going on about erasing identity. Their note about "no more smiles, scowls, laughter, or voices" on Farsal the Panpour's decapitated body seem to connect whoever this is with the decapitations.

"Undone" - I found a note with "happy to not see the ugliness - by Undone" on the body of Ketter. He had his eyes impaled and yes, it's something I haven't been able to unsee when I'm trying to sleep.

"NTH" - Whoever this is, they're obsessed with numbers. NTH seems to be a scorekeeper, as I think he's been tracking the kills of the other Stalkers, which is probably why they've resorted to using call-signs. I have no idea what their goal is, but I'm thinking maybe I don't want to know. Well, actually, I do, but I doubt it's pretty. Also, there seems to be a link to NTH with the cremations. NTH will use the ashes of the victims and make numbers with them.

"Koax" - Koax has to be a poet or something. It's creepy, but Koax will kill someone by slitting their throat, will rip their heart out, write a poem either on the body or besides it, and then sign it with "Koax." I also find ripped papers and poems of theirs everywhere. Some of them I've been able to complete for the most part, but others were missing too many pieces. It's annoying what a little rain and wind can do to compromise a crime scene.

"Epitaph" - I don't know who "Epitaph" is, but they're disgusting. They're the ones responsible for mashing up the bodies. They ramble on a lot about Pokémon eating Pokémon and then just saying "we're all just meat, Epitaph." I'll definitely be able to sleep better once this "Epitaph" is out of existence.

"Non" - I've only found Non's name once. Whoever this is, Non is responsible for the drowned Pokémon. I don't know how Non does it, though. By the time the bodies are found, whatever was used to drown them was washed away. I've also tried to keep a lookout sentry monitoring the lake, but they never catch Non in the act.

That's all I have for now. I'll be trying to keep in touch with you as I find more stuff, but a lot of this is pretty perplexing.

~Zick

Pokemon Trainer Sarah

10-08-2016, 09:52 PM

Interview 23. Vam the Oddish

Neo Emolga

10-08-2016, 10:00 PM

I use the Cross Arch key on the Locked Book in #30 Serenity Town Church

Upon arriving at the Serenity Town Church, you use the [Ꙉ Cross Arch Key] on the {Locked Book}. The key fits in perfectly, and the book opens.

Most of the pages in this ancient, secret tome seem to be holy rituals of sorts. There are some for exorcisms, blessings, and holy purging rituals, but one in particular, a loose page that comes out of the book, seems to bear a lot more significance:

http://i.imgur.com/qNoQziB.png

It appears Adis was definitely keeping this ready to use at any moment, but never got the chance to use it...

Item: =Divine Judgment Ritual Statement= has been noted in the Team Reports.

EmeraldSky

10-08-2016, 10:05 PM

Lita copies down the relevant portions of the police notes for the group to discuss later.

Search #3: Verlisa's Treasures Store

Chakramaster

10-08-2016, 10:07 PM

AWA1997

10-08-2016, 10:32 PM

Search #37b Renner Farm (Abandoned): Dead Vineyard.

Noblejanobii

10-08-2016, 11:08 PM

Question #18 Gloam the Snorlax

LKWayvern

10-08-2016, 11:55 PM

http://i.imgur.com/cdQXXSL.png That was creepy... But the locked box seems important, too... I have a feeling this next place is going to be just as creepy. Investigate number 40, Detti's Nursery!

VeloJello

10-09-2016, 12:16 AM

http://i.imgur.com/iWyqUco.png If the mayor isn't too busy, I'll talk to them, and try to get their big-picture view of the goings-on.

Interview #1 Pashner

Scytherwolf

10-09-2016, 01:09 AM

http://i.imgur.com/oJhrOxC.png Let's keep searching! Search #14 Serenity Town Hospital

Suicune's Fire

10-09-2016, 06:33 AM

The Nonexistent Tazz

10-09-2016, 06:39 AM

Search #13 Dami's Flowerbed.

Neo Emolga

10-09-2016, 03:29 PM

Catch up time!

Interview 23. Vam the Oddish

Interview Rapport: EXTREMELY POSITIVE
+2 Shared Pokémon types (Poison and Grass)
+1 Shared Pokémon evolution stage

You introduce yourself to Vam the Oddish playing outside "Dami's Flowerbed" store. He seems content playing by himself, but he sees you and he smiles. It's almost like he already recognizes you as a friend.

"Hello, Sarah!" Vam replies to you with a youthful smile. "Nice to meet you!"

As you ask him about the situation regarding Serenity Town and the Stalkers, his youthful smile seems to take a hit and his optimism fades slightly, but he tries to brush it aside and offer his help.

"Yeah... mommy said there's a lot of bad things going on," Vam nodded, familiar with what you mentioned. "The teachers at school have been giving us all kinds of warnings, not to talk to strangers, you know, that kinda stuff."

He looks away for a minute, trying to recall some of the things he's seen that seem suspicious when you ask about them.

"You know, I was playing tag in the park with Rike and Kandi yesterday," Vam recalls and tells you. "And I dunno, I thought I saw something weird going on at the... oh, what's that building's name... I think... I think it's called the Freeroam Apartment Building. Yeah, I thought I saw someone put something in the wall or something. I was about to ask them if they wanted to play, but before I got a chance to get a good look at them, they started running off."

He thinks it over some more.

"I wanted to go and check but..." Vam tells you, feeling a bit ashamed, "Mommy would have been really angry if she found out I was snooping around strange places. But she wouldn't be angry with you if you go over there! Just be really careful!"

Shortly after, Vam's mother, Dami the Bellossom, steps out and sees Vam talking to you. She quickly races over, looking very disappointed.

"Oh Vam, what did I tell you about talking to strangers!?" Dami exclaims, looking really stressed. "You can't do this, there are bad Pokémon out there doing horrible things! Please, go inside, I was hoping we wouldn't have to talk about this again!"

Vam nods, looking ashamed.

"Yes, momma, I'm sorry," Vam replies to Dami. "Sarah is pretty nice though, she just wanted to be friends."

After Vam heads inside, Dami looks to you. She's not angry with you, but the look in her eyes clues you in she's very overwhelmed and stressed.

"Listen, I'm not sure why you needed to meet with my son, Vam..." Dami tells you, "but please, I'm worried sick about what's been going on around town, and it... makes it very hard to trust anyone. I would be... devastated if something happened to him. So please, I don't mean to trouble you or stop him from making friends, but right now... it's a really bad time for everyone. I hope you understand."

Neo Emolga

10-09-2016, 03:41 PM

Lita copies down the relevant portions of the police notes for the group to discuss later.

Search #3: Verlisa's Treasures Store

Standing outside of Verlisa's store, you see it has been doing pretty well, especially considering Verlisa has been able to set up shop in the center of town. As much as you'd hate to admit it, she's done a number on Dassy's Workshop and she shows no signs of stopping.

The exterior perimeter doesn't hold anything suspicious or out of place. Meanwhile, the interior of the store seems clean, orderly, and inviting with all kinds of unique antiques, items, and trinkets that Verlisa has collected and is offering for sale. It's very easy to get distracted in a store like this and spend hours being enchanted from the merchandise.

Upon investigating one corner of the store, you find and recognize a white bowl hidden in a small opening in the wooden floor, the same ivory bowl that was found at the library and at Dassy's Workshop. You have a feeling whoever had hidden this bowl cleverly used two similar stores to conceal these bowls from being found by anyone.

You take the bowl with you.

Item: [Ivory Bowl] has been added to the Team Inventory.

Neo Emolga

10-09-2016, 03:59 PM

#32 Nulan the Mawile has been killed by the Stalkers.

http://i.imgur.com/SMZtkHA.png

Location: Greenstone Park
State: Cremated

"Verlisa was only able to identify the body because the metal bracelet Nulan wore was one he brought from her store," Zick the Jolteon tells Adom as they examine the body's ashes placed against a stone. "That, and it's definitely a Mawile's skeleton. I swear, it had to be to be NTH. And look at that rock. There's a bunch of those numbers again."

"NTH?" Adom asks. "I don't know anyone by that name in Serenity Town."

"Wha-?" Zick asks in surprise before realizing he hasn't given the report to Adom yet. "Wait, that's right, I haven't given you the report yet. Listen, it explains a lot of what I found. I think the Stalkers are using code names."

Adom nods, but he looks back to Nulan's body and just feels it's too little, too late for the Mawile.

"Some civilians have told me they've seen some unfamiliar faces in town," Adom tells Zick. "I don't know what to make of it."

"Well, they can't possibly be the Stalkers," Zick replies. "I'm very sure these Stalkers have been in Serenity Town before they showed up."

"We need to hurry," Adom stressed to the Jolteon. "If you come across any of these.. strangers, let me know. And be on your guard..."

EmeraldSky

10-09-2016, 06:57 PM

Neo Emolga

10-09-2016, 07:03 PM

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u175/Chakramasters/Pikachu%20icon%2011_zpsnwbzvqia.png Huh? Well other than this Ivory Bowl, nothing looks too out of the ordinary. I can only wonder what this is for or where it even came from

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u175/Chakramasters/Pikachu%20icon%202_zpspgevrjnn.png I guess for now while I'm here I should question Dassy.

I interview #48. Dassy the Goodra. I also question Dassy about the Ivory Bowl found under her steps. Trying to get any information I could given the situation.

Interview Rapport: NEGATIVE
-1 Not very effective against (Electric to Dragon)

You approach Dassy outside of her home as she's tending to her flowers. She seems like a caring Pokémon, but you can still from the look in her eyes that a lot of things have been bothering her. You introduce yourself.

"Oh, hello, Eric," Dassy replies sheepishly. "I know, it's not much, but... it's my home. And I love it for that."

You ask about the Stalkers and specifically about the Ivory Bowl that was found under the steps to her house.

"Oh..." She replies, looking at the bowl. "I'm surprised you found that. Well, Adis gave it to me for safekeeping and told me to keep it in a safe spot until he returned. I guess I didn't do a very good job, but I don't know what to do with it now, anyway. As for the Stalkers, I'm sorry, but I'd rather just not talk about them right now..."

She goes back to tending her flowers, looking like she's trying to get her mind off of things...

Neo Emolga

10-09-2016, 07:24 PM

Search #37b Renner Farm (Abandoned): Dead Vineyard.

You approach the Dead Vineyard that used to be a part of the now derelict Renner Farm. Just from a distance, you can tell nothing has grown here for a very long time, but the cracked wooden posts and ropes still tell a story that this used to flourish in earlier times.

As you search up and down the barren crop lines, you find disturbances in the ground that make it clear someone else was here only recently. By one of the posts, you find something has been buried, and a small glint of the sun shining on gold metal catches your attention.

You dig around the gold object, and uncover that it's a piece of a heart, broken in half, covered in gold. You take it for safekeeping.

Item: [Gold Heart Piece] has been added to the Team Inventory.

As you begin to walk back toward town, you come to the conclusion that a second patch of disturbances was also here. You continue to do some additional searching, and there is a part of one of the vineyard posts that conceals something that someone seems like they were trying to hide. When you remove it from the post, it appears to be a key in the shape of a dagger. But you're not sure what it's for...

Item: [Sacrificial Dagger Key] has been added to the Team Inventory.

Pokemon Trainer Sarah

10-09-2016, 07:53 PM

Search (17) Freeroam Apartment Building

Neo Emolga

10-09-2016, 07:53 PM

Question #18 Gloam the Snorlax
Interview Rapport: NEUTRAL

You find it's difficult for anyone to get a hold of Gloan, but you manage to meet with him as he heads out to do his usual business in town after walking away from the Sleepy Valley Apartment building. From a distance, you can tell he's not a very friendly Pokémon and you would honestly hate to be in debt to him.

You introduce yourself to Gloan, and inquire about the Stalkers. He almost doesn't hear or notice you at first until the heavy Pokémon looks down.

"Never heard of you," Gloan replies, showing no interest in talking to you. "Buzz off, I have things to do. Those Stalkers don't concern me."

He then leaves and heads back into town.

Neo Emolga

10-09-2016, 08:06 PM

http://i.imgur.com/cdQXXSL.png That was creepy... But the locked box seems important, too... I have a feeling this next place is going to be just as creepy. Investigate number 40, Detti's Nursery!

As you arrive before Detti's Nursery, you can tell Detti, wherever the Sunflora is now, only left what looks like just a few months ago. The building is still in good condition, but the building still feels stripped of the many things that used to give it life and color. Only traces of those things remain, such as a leftover paper cutout flower that a child had made and a forgotten case of crayons that had been left behind. But everything else was moved out, and it didn't look like Detti was in any kind of hurry as it seemed not much was left behind.

What strikes you in an unsettling way is that this nursery used to be one of the first things that a visitor would see upon arriving in Serenity Town, and you could imagine the arts and crafts made by Serenity Town's children would be welcoming to anyone wishing to stay in Serenity Town. Now, with it all gone and stripped, it paints a foreboding picture of what has become of the town's current state...

Upon searching the interior, you find there's not too much to find. Anything that Detti used to educate and keep the children entertained was removed long ago and only traces of it remain. It isn't until you search the outside playground in the back that something hidden catches your eye as it gleams in the sun. You take a closer look and remove the metallic object from the small slit that was in the swing set. You look it over and see it's half of a broken heart, covered in silver. You take it with you.

Item: [Silver Heart Piece] has been added to the Team Inventory.

LKWayvern

10-09-2016, 08:12 PM

Interview number 4, Zick the Jolteon!

http://i.imgur.com/kxPx2jP.png Hi there, Zick! Me and some other Pokemon were looking into the Stalkers, and we found these two notes! One's a sudoku puzzle I solved, and it looks like it might have NTH's handwriting, and the other is a ripped-up poem we pieced together that we think me have been written by Koax? Do you think it's possible we can match up the handwriting on the two notes with the handwriting of someone in the town to find some of the stalkers, maybe?

Neo Emolga

10-09-2016, 08:58 PM

http://i.imgur.com/iWyqUco.png If the mayor isn't too busy, I'll talk to them, and try to get their big-picture view of the goings-on.

Interview #1 Pashner

Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
(+1 Shared Pokémon evolution stage)

You find Mayor Pashner the Blastoise. Despite his busy schedule and the recent happenings around Serenity Town, he doesn't seem too fazed about what would normally bring a lot of stress to other Pokémon if they were in his position.

You introduce yourself, and he looks to you with a smug, arrogant smile.

"Seems like you know who I am already," Pashner smiles. "I like that."

You ask about the situation regarding the Stalkers, and it looks like dealing with questions aren't Pashner's idea of a good time. He definitely seems like the type that would loathe a press conference. But, he looks to you and decides to answer anyway.

"These Stalkers..." Pashner grumbles, "they're a bane to Serenity Town and they're ruining everything. I have Adom and the rest of the police force working on it, but they're overworked at the moment and I Adom doesn't exactly have a line of Pokémon waiting to sign up as cops. Most of these civilians are scared or they just don't give a damn."

"I suspect a few Pokémon might be behind it," Pashner tells you. "I wish Fetcher and his ungodly family would go take a hike. Daz is a creepy old bastard and you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone that trusts Marche, not like she goes out of her way to make friends anyway. Those are just my hunches. If you figure out who's behind it, I'm sure Adom would gift-wrap a cop application for you, complete with a bow and happy face sticker."

Neo Emolga

10-09-2016, 09:22 PM

http://i.imgur.com/oJhrOxC.png Let's keep searching! Search #14 Serenity Town Hospital

You arrive at Serenity Town Hospital. The building seems to be in good condition and doesn't see a lot of activity. You suspect it's likely because the Stalkers aren't out to just hurt their victims. They're out to kill...

Searching the inside doesn't yield all too much besides the fact that it looks like Doctor Rulend the Rampardos takes his position as head doctor very seriously. Things seem to be very well-organized, every medicine and first-aid bottle and container carefully labeled, and he doesn't tolerate mistakes or things being out of place. You can see that Adom has employed his help with trying to work forensics as well and figure out anything from the victims' bodies that might provide helpful clues when it comes to the Stalkers. However, it doesn't seem to be as successful as Adom was thinking it would be given most of the findings already match what Zick has already discovered.

Around the exterior of the building, it appears a small area in the back of the building has recently been dug out and filled with something in a brown cloth bag that's easy to mistake as dirt. You take a closer look, remove the bag, and search its contents to discover another ivory bowl, identical to the ones that were found before.

You take it with you.

Item: [Ivory Bowl] has been added to the Team Inventory.

Neo Emolga

10-09-2016, 09:45 PM

Thanks, Jancine! ^-^

Interview #54 Kandi the Buizel.

http://i.imgur.com/MxgzEnU.png

Hello, little one! Have you had a nice day today? The sun is so nice and warm... I bet it's perfect weather to go swimming!

http://i.imgur.com/F1eM3k0.png
Say...I sure do love spooky ghost-type Halloween stories! I bet you do too, right? Have your mummy or daddy told any scary or spooky stories lately about other pokemon or places in town at all? [Trying not to scare the child by leading them to believe that it's a game so that they might be willing to give up seemingly irrelevant "stories," or information.]

Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
(+1 Shared Pokémon evolution stage)

You introduce yourself to Kandi and she looks like she enjoys your conversation. She finds it a little funny you talk to her like a child. It seems she's much more in her teenage years than you thought! It seems like she's okay with it and doesn't take it all the wrong way.

"Hey, nice to meet you, Xanthe!" Kandi greets you.

"You bet I love swimming!" Kandi smiles. "My teachers and a lot of those dumb adults say to avoid the pond because someone's been drowning people in it, but I don't care. Yeah, I was actually the one who discovered Husen and Pulsis drowned in there and reported it to Zick. It was a little creepy, yeah, but I've been watching my back."

"I love a good ghost story," Kandi tells you, liking a bit where you're going with this. "Despite what's going on, mom and dad are okay with me going out, unlike most of the adults around this joint. They sometimes ask me if I've seen anything out of the ordinary, but not really. Well, okay, there was this weird, metal box I found by the lake. I tried to pick it, but it doesn't seem like it's an average key. Zick doesn't know what it's about either and I'm not even sure if it has anything to do with the Stalkers. He did say it seemed ironic there was a heart on the box."

"Maybe take a look at it yourself if you're curious," Kandi tells you with a smile. "It seems like someone keeps something important in there. As much as I'd love to see what's inside, it seems pretty strong and not the kind of thing that's easy to break open."

VeloJello

10-09-2016, 09:51 PM

http://i.imgur.com/iWyqUco.png

I'd like to be wrong about the Dragonite, but better safe than sorry. Search (11) Daz's Greenhouse.

Noblejanobii

10-09-2016, 09:56 PM

http://i.imgur.com/TnrEpQx.png Well my interview didn't go to well. I think I'll stick more to searching for now by searching #9 the Willow Tree Cafe.

Neo Emolga

10-09-2016, 10:05 PM

Search #13 Dami's Flowerbed.

As you approach "Dami's Flowerbed" store, you find it to be very welcoming and definitely a much nicer building to look at compared to the rest of Serenity Town. Dami's flower arrangements, bouquets, and other floral merchandise gives the store a very inviting feel and a nice fragrance and she's done a decent job at keeping the building and grounds maintained.

Searching the interior of the store, you don't find all that much besides a lot of flower-related merchandise for all sorts of occasions. In the meantime, after taking a peek at her order list and accounting records, Dami's business seems to be benefiting in an ironic way:

The sudden spike in deaths in Serenity Town has created a lot of floral arrangement orders for funerals...

In a corner of the main store room, it appears some paper-object was rolled up and slide into a slit in the floor. You pull it out and unfold it. It seems to be part of some kind of drawing of a holy ritual circle, but the other two pieces seem to be missing. You're not sure who put it here, but you decide to take it with you.

Item: [Design of the Sin Purge Circle, Piece 3 of 3] has been added to the Team Inventory.

The Nonexistent Tazz

10-09-2016, 10:12 PM

Search #43b Ryne's Farm: Apple Orchard.

Where are you, white wing piece...and is there anything else to find here?

Neo Emolga

10-09-2016, 10:16 PM

Lita takes the ivory bowl to show her teammates--maybe the other two that have been found have a connection to this one?

Knowing time is of the essence now that a villager has fallen to the Stalkers, Lita continues her search of the area by searching the Star Compass Store

As you stand outside of The Star Compass Store, you can see Maft the Braviary keeps this small shop in the center of town well-kept and orderly. It doesn't look like Maft sees a tremendous amount of business, but the store's humble size implies Maft likely doesn't have to pay much in taxes.

You check the outside perimeter of the store, but there doesn't seem to be anything that strikes you out of the ordinary. This area of town is frequented very often and you see a lot of various foot traffic signs around the building, but there doesn't seem to be anything suspicious.

Inside, you find the map store has all kinds of maps regarding Aryia from local outside areas that have been cut off for now to areas that seem like they could be thousands of miles away, all charted by Maft himself on his excursions, ready for sale to anyone wishing to do the same but not get lost.

Meanwhile, the other item you find inside seems to be a flower arrangement in mourning for Maft's wife, Dari. But nothing else in particular seems out of place...

Neo Emolga

10-09-2016, 10:36 PM

Search (17) Freeroam Apartment Building

You approach the Freeroam Apartment Building, which seems to be the largest apartment building in town. Unlike some of the other casualties of the Stalkers, it doesn't seem like the Pokémon in this building miss the recently-deceased Domin, the landlord Vigoroth, that used to own the building. But nonetheless, they continue living here, rent-free, until someone else claims ownership. But it looks like it's going to be a while before they find Domin's next of kin.

The main hallway isn't particularly clean, and it doesn't look like the sudden lack of Domin was responsible for that as most of this had to be present when he was still alive. You see traces of dust, wall damage, and some graffiti on the walls of the front hall.

Upstairs, you find the main apartments. Some are occupied, but there are a few empty ones as well. You don't find anything suspicious in the empty apartments. Meanwhile, checking out the doors of the occupied apartments helps you find one that has a note on it.

"Smide,

I will NOT tolerate you continuing to drink hard liquor on school property any longer. If this happens again and I find another one of your bottles littering around school grounds, consider yourself fired. And the next time I want to talk to you on school grounds, don't just walk away and act like you didn't hear me. I KNOW where you live, obviously."

~Jurak

You check the outside of the building and investigate the dark gray bricks that make up the exterior walls. After checking them, you find one of the bricks is loose. You find that with enough effort, you can move the brick away. You take it out and realize there's something hidden inside. You find a metallic key with an "XX"-shaped emblem.

Item: [XX Key] has been added to the Team Inventory

Meanwhile, just before you put the brick back where you found it, you see something on the other side.

http://i.imgur.com/I9lEHYv.png

Chibi Altaria

10-09-2016, 11:18 PM

http://i.imgur.com/90HVLpk.png Okay, time for me to join in! There's nothing like a Wailord of hidden info at a school...I hope.

Search (7) Serenity Town School.

EmeraldSky

10-10-2016, 12:09 AM

A little discouraged by not finding anything, Lita decides to try searching #5-the Serenity Dojo. Maybe she will have better luck searching here?

Chakramaster

10-10-2016, 01:30 AM

Scytherwolf

10-10-2016, 01:45 AM

I'll interview #29 Smide the Electabuzz

http://i.imgur.com/oJhrOxC.png Hey, I was wondering if you could tell me anything about what's been going on lately?

Neo Emolga

10-10-2016, 04:00 AM

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/Ultradyne/Emolga%20GTI%20Icons/EmolgaTough_zps9ajxk0l0.png

(Jackpot.)

Interview number 4, Zick the Jolteon!

http://i.imgur.com/kxPx2jP.png Hi there, Zick! Me and some other Pokemon were looking into the Stalkers, and we found these two notes! One's a sudoku puzzle I solved, and it looks like it might have NTH's handwriting, and the other is a ripped-up poem we pieced together that we think me have been written by Koax? Do you think it's possible we can match up the handwriting on the two notes with the handwriting of someone in the town to find some of the stalkers, maybe?

Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
(+1 Shared Pokémon evolution stage)

You introduce yourself to Zick, and he seems a bit surprised about what you found, but nonetheless, quite happy about it.

"There were some rumors going around that some newcomers were looking into these Stalkers," Zick tells you with a reassuring smile. "Wow, glad the rumor's true! Trust me, the police force of Serenity Town is understaffed and I'd hate to say it, but Adom and I are the only ones left. So it's nice to see someone's willing to help!"

He looks over the sudoku puzzle first, and smiles and nods that it's been solved.

"This definitely has to be NTH's," Zick reaffirms. "Whoever it is, they're obsessed with numbers and I'm not surprised to see they did something like this again. I'm just not sure why NTH cremates their victims and if that has anything to do with numbers. Maybe there's a connection, maybe there's not."

"987," Zick reads the numbers to the solution. "Sounds like the combination to a lock or something. Let's keep a lookout for anything that looks like a combination lock or something like that. That might be where NTH is trying to hide something freaky."

"It also seems to link with something else I found," Zick tells you. "NTH has an affinity for Xs. At first, I didn't know why, but I'm thinking in algebraic terms and numbers, that usually means a variable, some unknown number, or something like that. I've spent hours trying to work it out and what unknown number it might be referring to, but then I got to thinking... what if it's not something with an unknown number? What if it's an unknown place? I've gone through the public records, and there's one place that stands out. No one knows the name of it."

He points to a personal map he owns, and places his paw on (36) Vacant House.

"This place," Zick explains. "I checked it out and there's no name in the town records. Meanwhile, there's this really weird statue of a Victini in the front, but it's missing pieces. I tried to bust through the door, but it's sealed shut and I don't even think the brawniest of Pokémon could bust through it. Maybe you could find something that I haven't. I'd say it's worth a check!"

You then show Zick the ripped-up poem, and he's happy to see it. In fact, he excitedly copies the poem and makes note of it.

"Now this is definitely Koax's work," Zick explains. "NTH's a numbers freak while Koax has something with poetry all over the place. And hearts. Lots of hearts, both the literal and figurative. As for the handwriting, I'm not sure. I don't know who could ever have freaky handwriting like that, but it's definitely not normal."

"Here's something I just don't get," Zick tells you. "I don't know why Koax rips up their own poems. And it's not just ripping up. I've found cases where they've written some creepy poem, but also crossed it out, smudged it over, or basically tried to destroy what they wrote. Now, I've seen plenty of weird cases in my time as an investigator, but my best guess is that it almost seems like they're trying to fight themselves in some kind of cycle of create, destroy, create, and destroy again. Creepy, isn't it?"

"One last thing," Zick tells you. "There's something I've been noticing a lot of when it comes to the Stalkers. I keep seeing the word 'SUNKEN' appear. Check out your puzzle, it's on there too! I wasn't sure what it meant and it kept me up at night a few times. And then, when I was playing around with the letters, I made the connection."

"S for Shadefetch. U for Undone. N for NTH. K for Koax. E for Epitaph. And N for Non," Zick tells you slowly. "S-U-N-K-E-N.That word refers to the Stalkers and it reinforces the fact there's got to be six of them. And what's also weird is how they like to keep burying everything. As in like sunken in the ground or something like that. I dunno, maybe the burying thing is just a hunch, but it's weird. It gets me wondering if they just have an affinity for doing stuff underground. Maybe literally or figuratively? As in underground secret places or just doing things without anyone's knowledge? Heck, I'd bank on both if you'd ask me!"

"Anyway, hopefully that helps," Zick tells you with a smile. "I'm still working at this, but let me know if you come across anything else. Man, you don't know how happy I am to know Adom and I are not in this alone. I owe you and your friends a favor, Laura!"

Neo Emolga

10-10-2016, 04:19 AM

http://i.imgur.com/iWyqUco.png

I'd like to be wrong about the Dragonite, but better safe than sorry. Search (11) Daz's Greenhouse.

You check around Daz's Greenhouse, first starting with the exterior. From what you can tell, Daz slightly maintains the grounds, but the greenhouse has seen quite a bit of age over the years and is probably due for a makeover and renovation.

As you come around the perimeter, you instantly spot something that immediately seems out of place. A key is placed against the side of the greenhouse, but it doesn't seem like anyone bothered to try and hide or conceal it. You almost wonder how no one has noticed it yet, but you decide to take it.

Item: [Ω Omega Key] has been added to the Team Inventory.

You then make your way into the interior of the greenhouse. The area where Daz lives doesn't seem to have anything suspicious about it, but you can tell Daz doesn't have many visitors at all. He also seems to collect a lot of history books, books about the outdoors, and several historical items from back in the day.

In a small, quiet and almost empty room between the actual greenhouse area and the living area, you find a steel lockbox. There seems to be a α Alpha emblem by the keyhole.

Container: {Lockbox, α Alpha emblem} has been noted in the Team Reports.

You finish your investigation of the greenhouse area. It seems Daz grows a lot of varying berries, fruits and vegetables here, but nothing seems too out of the ordinary in this area.

Pokemon Trainer Sarah

10-10-2016, 04:27 AM

Shieldbearer

10-10-2016, 05:41 AM

Shruikan

10-10-2016, 08:49 AM

http://i.imgur.com/P2N9OU1.png Hmm, while I catch up on the info we've already gathered, I guess I'll have a look around the park for a while. [search #51 Greenstone Park]

VeloJello

10-10-2016, 11:00 AM

I'll keep moving down the list. Search (11a) Daz's Greenhouse: Silo #1.

Suicune's Fire

10-10-2016, 01:01 PM

Neo Emolga

10-10-2016, 07:22 PM

http://i.imgur.com/TnrEpQx.png Well my interview didn't go to well. I think I'll stick more to searching for now by searching #9 the Willow Tree Cafe.

When you arrive at the Willow Tree Cafe, you can tell this used to be a calm, comfortable restaurant not too far away from the center of town, only to now be vacant, dark, and lonely. Almost all of the furniture is intact and you can see the cafe had a very cozy, rustic feeling before Bensy and Takir were murdered.

You search the perimeter first, making your way around the cafe that seems to be in good condition despite the fact both of the cafe's owners are now dead. However, when you reach the leftmost side of the cafe's rear, you find what looks like a knife. You pull it out and realize it's a very similar copy of the key dagger that was found before.

Item: [Sacrificial Dagger Key] has been added to the Team Inventory.

You then decide to search the interior of the cafe, and find that while the front and main dining area of the cafe seems to have nothing peculiar about it, the upstairs apartment area where Bensy and Takir is a very different story. Most of the crime scene was cleaned up with exception to the wall and furniture damage that was likely the result of attack. While most of the crime scene was cleaned, it definitely looks like there was a very vicious struggle here.

You do some more investigation and you come across a large pair of blood-stained gardening sheers that fell into a small crack between the wall and the staircase, where it seems like whoever had used them in the murder couldn't get them out to retrieve the murder weapon. It seems whoever came across the crime scene the first time never found these sheers...

Bulbasaur

10-10-2016, 07:29 PM

LKWayvern

10-10-2016, 07:36 PM

Neo Emolga

10-10-2016, 07:38 PM

Search #43b Ryne's Farm: Apple Orchard.

Where are you, white wing piece...and is there anything else to find here?

You approach Ryne's apple orchard and find that despite the recent hardships brought on by the Stalkers that have ruined other farms and businesses, Ryne and his family have been doing a good job keeping the orchard healthy and well taken care of. Many of the trees here are growing well and have been yielding an excellent harvest.

You search up and down the lines of apple trees, all producing a wide variety of apples in reds, yellows, and greens. While some of the apples have fallen from the trees, you find something white and eye-catching resting besides a young apple tree.

You draw closer, take a closer look, and see that it is the exact metallic white wing piece you have been seeking out.

Item: [White Wing Piece] has been added to the Team Inventory.

Neo Emolga

10-10-2016, 07:53 PM

http://i.imgur.com/90HVLpk.png Okay, time for me to join in! There's nothing like a Wailord of hidden info at a school...I hope.

Search (7) Serenity Town School.

Upon arriving at Serenity Town School, you have a feeling a lot of the teachers and parents of school children have been a lot more cautious given the recent happenings around Serenity Town. You see postings that children should never travel alone and have to be accompanied by parents. You also see the outside playground has been barred off. It seems recess has become a thing of the past with the Stalkers around...

You search the outside perimeter first, and it seems not much has been disturbed here recently. Despite an eerie stillness and unsettling breeze of chilling wind that blows by, it doesn't seem like any kind of violent activity has happened here recently. You happen to find a buried stash of two bottles of strong Lansat Berry alcohol, stealthy hidden in one of the wooden support posts for the children's playground.

You then search the inside, which looks like the teachers and the principal have tried to turn into a fort. Windows have been covered, doors are very frequently locked, and it doesn't seem like much goes in or out without adult Pokémon scrutiny. Had it not been for Mew's power of concealment, you likely would have had a very difficult time trying to search the inside.

As expected, you don't find anything that stands out as being out of place or strange inside the school.

Noblejanobii

10-10-2016, 07:57 PM

http://i.imgur.com/TnrEpQx.png Those are some suspicious gardening sheers. I'll search 11A, one of Daz's gardening silos, if possible.

Neo Emolga

10-10-2016, 08:01 PM

A little discouraged by not finding anything, Lita decides to try searching #5-the Serenity Dojo. Maybe she will have better luck searching here?

You arrive at the Serenity Town Dojo to find it's a small gym that the locals have been using for years for personal training, exercise, and self-defense classes. It seems to be doing well being in the center of town and seems to have gotten additional members with many Pokémon feeling pressured and under constant threat.

Searching the outside of the building doesn't seem to yield much, however. While the area sees plenty of foot traffic due to its location, nothing really seems to stand out as being strange or suspicious.

You search the interior, finding that Dakken does a decent job keeping the inside of the training area clean, orderly, and in good shape. Some of the weight-lifting equipment has seen a little wear and tear, but there doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary here.

Neo Emolga

10-10-2016, 08:17 PM

I wave to Dassy as I leave. Looking back at every word she said in my mind. Making sure to mark it in a log No matter how little I got from her. Every little word is a story. Leading up to facts. I decide on the next step. While I need to search another place. I decide to test something.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u175/Chakramasters/Pikachu%20icon%2011_zpsnwbzvqia.png I almost hate having to do this, but let's try pressing a bit harder while I can.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u175/Chakramasters/Pikachu%20icon%2018_zpsgjtubvml.png Let's see if this works the way we need.

I decide to interview #57. Mille the Vaporeon

Interview Rapport: NEGATIVE
-1 Super effective against (Electric to Water)

You approach Mille the Vaporeon as she leaves the Sleepy Valley Apartments to go to work. You introduce yourself, but she's taken a bit back in surprise haven't never met you before. It seems she wants to be nice, but still feels a bit wary about you.

"Oh, hey there," Mille replies with a sheepish smile. "Hopefully you don't zap me or anything. No, no, don't take it the wrong way, I just haven't seen you before. Everyone's kind of jumpy lately."

"The Stalkers?" Mille asks when you inquire about them. "Well, I'll try to help however I can when it comes to them. I've talked to a few Pokémon about it and the general... well, heh, gossip is... we think Marche might be involved. Yeah, Marche the Zoroark. You know, who could ever trust a Pokémon that could frame other Pokémon of being a killer? I'd say definitely check her out and see if she's hiding something. I have a few other hunches, but definitely go with her, first."

"Well, hopefully that helps, Eric," Mille tells you. "Talk to you again, sometime!"

Neo Emolga

10-10-2016, 08:28 PM

I'll interview #29 Smide the Electabuzz

http://i.imgur.com/oJhrOxC.png Hey, I was wondering if you could tell me anything about what's been going on lately?
Interview Rapport: NEGATIVE
-1 Not very effective against. (Flying to Electric)

When you approach Smide, you can see he has been working out lately and it's easy to see he's been training or bodybuilding in his spare time. He also seems a bit disoriented, as if he's had something alcoholic to drink recently.

"Are you from around here, Carly?" Smide asks. "I swear I've never seen you before. Where you from, anyway?"

You ask him about the Stalkers and what's been going on around town lately.

"I don't know nothin' 'bout the Stalkers," Smide replies. "I never did anythin' to 'em, so I doubt they'd do somethin' to me. I don't see any good comin' out of tryin' to mess around wit 'em. Let the cops sort 'em out or somethin'."

He then walks away.

The Nonexistent Tazz

10-10-2016, 08:48 PM

Well, she's gotten a lot of flak, so...

Search #12, Marche's House.

Neo Emolga

10-10-2016, 08:49 PM

Interviewing 40. Gillan the Snivy!

http://i.imgur.com/AAWaUhJ.png
Hi! Nice to see a fellow grass-type around!
I'm Sarah, and I'm helping to investigate the bad stuff that's been going on around here lately.

http://i.imgur.com/HR8ojEe.png
I'm hoping we'll be able to figure it out soon, so your town can go back to normal.
It seems like it was a nice place, before all this... Do you happen to know anything that might help?

Interview Rapport: POSITIVE

+1 Shared Pokémon Evolution Stage
+1 Shared Pokémon Type (Grass)
-1 Super Effective against (Poison to Grass)

You approach Gillan, who seems like a very chill, relaxed, and easy-going Pokémon. When you introduce yourself, she smiles smugly.

"Sup, Sarah," Gillan replies. "Bad stuff, huh? Well, there's plenty of the bad stuff in this town, but I take it you mean the really bad stuff."

She takes a deep breath and sighs.

"There have been a few things I've noticed," Gillan tells you. "Serenity Town is kind of old and plenty of Pokémon have come and gone. A lot of the areas outside of town have gone dead. Or... at least I thought they did."

She closes her eyes in thought, trying to recall previous memories she's seen.

"Okay, everyone knows the Rolodon Apartments aren't really abandoned," Gillan tells you. "Squatters galore over there, and they're weird Pokémon. One of them in particular, Mort the crazy Grumpig, wanted to buy a quilt from me the other day, and I was happy to sell him one, until I found out he wanted to pay for it with some old, rusty tools he must have found that nobody wanted. Yeeahh... no. Poké is legal tender, but that junk sure isn't. Besides, I have tools already, and much better ones at that!"

She realizes she rambled on a bit, smiles a bit in embarrassment, but then gets back to the topic at hand.

"Anyway, as I was saying," Gillan continues, "the outskirts of town have been abandoned for years, but while I'm traveling at night, I sometimes see what look like shadows racing to those once-vacant buildings. Maybe it's just my imagination or the way the wind blows through the tall grass, but I usually don't hang around those places."

"Well, good luck, Sarah," Gillan smiles to you smugly. "Keep safe out there. There be plenty of weirdos out there, but I promise you, I'm not one of them. And hey, I'll gladly sell you a quilt if you ever have the need for one! I take custom orders too!"

EmeraldSky

10-10-2016, 08:51 PM

A little frustrated about not finding anything here either, Lita moves on to search #6 The Silver Moon.

Chibi Altaria

10-10-2016, 08:54 PM

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 12:08 AM

1452 Mighty difficult to use anything with this new body, without any opposable thumbs... But I think I got it, sorta. Just gotta keep balance...
Anyway, I'll borrow our XX-key and investigate the Vacant House (36). If that key doesn't work, I'll... Consider any less fragile keys with my allies, I guess.

As you approach the unnamed Vacant House, you can see from a distance that the old, stone house isn't very large, but it has been neglected for many years and looks quite dirty, but still seems to be standing strong. You begin to think it might be plasable that it might have served some other kind of purpose, but it's hard to tell, and you're quite sure whoever the owner was had long passed.

When you approach the front, you see main door appears to be some kind of heavy stone slab, which is unusual. But right besides the entrance appears to be a statue of a Vicitni...

...only it's eyes, mouth, and ears are missing...

You look at the old, stone mount and there appears to be an inscription here.

"Only when victory listens, sees, and speaks again will the wall of the doubtful be moved."

Artifact {Victini Statue, Missing Ears, Missing Eyes, Missing Mouth} has been noted in the Team Records.

You try to see if there's an alternate way into the building, but nothing seems to indicate a second entrance...

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 12:20 AM

http://i.imgur.com/P2N9OU1.png Hmm, while I catch up on the info we've already gathered, I guess I'll have a look around the park for a while. [search #51 Greenstone Park]

As you walk through Greenstone Park, you have the feeling that while the park is nice and quiet during the day, it must be quite eerie at nightfall. The paths are a little worn and the old, wooden park benches seem like they should be replaced, but for the most part, it is a place of comfort that was only recently turned into a place of darkness. It seems the Pokémon of Serenity Town don't mind walking through the park during the day, but it's probably perceived suicide to chance it at night.

The trees seem to catch a lot of the wind here, and as some of their falling leaves are carried with the breezes, you search around the paths and trees for something that seems out of place.

One of the trees seems to be completely dead and rotting where the others are simply losing their leaves from the autumn season. You decide to investigate it and a carved "3" catches your attention. You look around some more and discover an "8" and a "4," followed by an eerie web of carved numbers. You find an area in the ground that looks like it was disturbed recently, and after digging through it, you find a pair of large stone eyes that look distinctively like a Victini's. They seem unsettling, as if they're looking right into your soul...

Item: [Victini Statue Eyes] have been added to the Team Inventory.

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 01:28 AM

I'll keep moving down the list. Search (11a) Daz's Greenhouse: Silo #1.

As you search around the first of Daz's silos, you can see this silo has seen quite a bit of use and age over the years. The metal is worn and rusted in a few places, but it still performs its job the way it's supposed to.

You come across an area around the silo that has a locked, metal cabinet, hidden from plain sight. There seems to be a β Beta emblem by the keyhole.

Container: {Locked Cabinet, β Beta emblem} has been noted in the Team Records.

You make one last search around the silo, but nothing else seems to stand out.

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 01:48 AM

(Editing my post if I'm able, Neo. If that's not allowed, then in my original post I was searching #44 Serenity Town Bank!)

http://i.imgur.com/F1eM3k0.png

Searching #49 Rolodon Apartments. Let's see if we can find anything incriminating or suspicious here...

You head to the Serenity Town northwest outskirts and come across the run-down, decrepit Rolodon Apartments. As you can tell, squatters have settled into this building and it doesn't seem like anyone wants to be bothered to push them out. Not to mention it doesn't sound like Rolodon would ever come back to be bothered with it.

The squatters, as you discover, have taken residence upstairs and have made makeshift beds, tools, and amenities for themselves such as a small vegetable garden, a workbench, and a cooking stove from spare parts. It seems the three of them, Mort the Grumpig, Meepa the Meowstic, and Durn the Palpitoad get along and appreciate each other's company. Mort seems to have a liking toward a Pokémon version of tarot cards and other soothsaying trinkets while Meepa seems to be an affinity for stealing things with her lockpicks and other roguish tools and devices. Lastly, Durn seems to be a jewel crafter, which strikes you as unusual considering with all of the jewelry Durn has fashioned and created, he would have much more than enough to at least rent a much nicer apartment in town, if not buy his own home, but simply chooses to stay with Mort and Meepa away from everything else.

The lower levels still seem to be vacant. An empty and crumbling gathering hall used to be here, along with a small dining area that probably hasn't been eaten in for decades. Old bathrooms, dirty closets, and empty apartments make up the lower levels, but none of them seem to have anything that strikes you as alarming or suspicious. It isn't until you reach one area of the hallway do you find what looks like an area that was boarded up once, but some of the boards have fallen away, especially the lower ones. You crawl inside and investigate to find the apartment building actually has a long-forgotten basement sublevel, but it's blocked off by an ordinary-looking iron door that has seem some age and a bit of rust. You try to open it, but it seems to be locked. And you don't see any kind of marking by the keyhole...

Locked Door {Nondescript Iron Door} has been noted in the Team Records.

SassySnivy

10-11-2016, 01:58 AM

Lets go and interview Casha the Eevee. I'm really curious to see if she knows anything about those bowls. Sure they have to do with Adis, but being the town's potter...maybe she has some intel?

VeloJello

10-11-2016, 02:23 AM

I'll stop playing in the garden for now. Interview 9. Fetcher the Fearow

Suicune's Fire

10-11-2016, 02:46 AM

http://i.imgur.com/F1eM3k0.png

I'd like to search #45 Lablanc Mansion! There's gotta be something in there... Abandoned mansions = perfect for ghost-type investigations through walls!

Scytherwolf

10-11-2016, 02:49 AM

http://i.imgur.com/J52KMQL.png Well that didn't go well. I'll search #20 Riverwatch Apartments

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 03:05 AM

I looked at the list of Pokemon in the town. One named that stood out to me was Samari the Breloom. It seems logical to interview a villager that is the same type as me. Also, Brelooms seem like the resourceful type.

Interview #19 Samari the Breloom.

Interview Rapport: NEUTRAL
+1 Shared Pokémon Type (Grass)
-1 Evolution Stage difference

You find out that Samari is a nurse for the Serenity Town Hospital, and she seems like the kind, caring, and optimistic type that just wants to help others. You introduce yourself to her and she smiles as you greet her.

"Hi there, Eric!" She beams with a smile. "How are things?"

You inquire about the situation regarding the Stalkers. You can tell just the mention of it makes her unhappy and it seems like she's been doing a lot to cover up her real feelings about the crisis.

"I don't know who they are, but they're just awful!" Samari exclaims before trying to calm down. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make such a loud outburst, but yes, they've been ruining this once peaceful and beautiful town and have turned into something miserable."

"I'd really like to help anyone trying to stop them," Samari tells you. "As far as trying to help, well, I once knew Adis... before he died. He was really a nice Delphox, but he was kind of mysterious in a way. When the situations with the Stalkers broke out, he changed a lot. He started working in the shadows and visited a few Pokémon. I got suspicious about it, but I still trusted him. So I decided to ask him what was going on."

"He said he was working on something to stop them, but he needed Pokémon he could trust to hold onto some of his things for safekeeping," she recalls. "That's really all he told me. He didn't say who, but I remember him talking to Rashna and Verlisa. I never understood why he trusted them over me, but I guess I'll never know."

"Anyway, sorry I couldn't help more," Samari tells you with a sympathetic smile. "Be careful out there, Eric."

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 03:14 AM

http://i.imgur.com/D0P3sZV.png That was really interesting~ I'm going to try and fit the Gold Heart Piece and the Silver Heart Piece in the Missing Heart Left Half and Missing Heart Right Half on the Buried Lockbox I found at Cyancreek Lake, and see if that does anything!

You arrive back at Cyancreek Lake before the {Buried Lockbox}. Using both the [Silver Heart Piece] and the [Gold Heart Piece], you put both halves into the vacant heart-shaped space. They both fit perfectly together, and you hear a click as the box is unlocked.

Items: [Silver Heart Piece] and [Gold Heart Piece] have been removed from the Team Inventory.

You open the box and inside is a key with a heart emblem on it. You pull it out and take it with you.

Item: [Heart Key] has been added to the Team Inventory.

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 03:24 AM

http://i.imgur.com/TnrEpQx.png Those are some suspicious gardening sheers. I'll search 11A, one of Daz's gardening silos, if possible.

You head out and investigate the first silo, but it doesn't appear much has changed since Carly last searched it. The {Locked Cabinet, β Beta emblem} still remains locked and shut.

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 03:41 AM

Well, she's gotten a lot of flak, so...

Search #12, Marche's House.

You come before Marche's House, which doesn't seem too out of the ordinary from a first glance. However, you can tell by the closed door, closed windows with drapes over them, and the quiet nature of the house that she doesn't seem like a Pokémon that gets a whole lot of visitors, nor does she seem to want any.

You search around the property, and it's a bit clear Marche the Zoroark is into engineering and inventing things, but as you can tell from how she's the only one in town using them, she keeps these devices to herself and doesn't share her ingenuity with others freely and openly. Unlike many of the other homes in Serenity Town, her house has interior and exterior plumbing.

Around the exterior of the house, you find something metallic buried next to what looks like one of Marche's miniature water pumps that seems to be drawing water out of the ground and directly into her house, leading you to believe she invented a water faucet and sink for herself inside.

You dig the metallic coin object out of the ground, and immediately, it feels eerie, unnaturally cold, and fills you a bit with a sense of dark disturbance. You look at the metal coin, and on the front of it, there is a depiction of a Pikachu overwhelmed and frustrated in torment and grief, gritting his teeth with his paws clenched against his head. On the back, there is just but a single word:

ANGUISH

You take it with you, albeit slightly reluctantly...

Item: [Coin of Anguish] has been added to the Team Inventory.

You investigate the interior of Marche's house, and find that while the Zoroark seems to be very skilled in engineering along with creating her own working plumbing and other inventions, nothing else seems to really stand out as being suspicious.

The Nonexistent Tazz

10-11-2016, 03:57 AM

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 04:01 AM

A little frustrated about not finding anything here either, Lita moves on to search #6 The Silver Moon.

You come before The Silver Moon tavern, arguably one of the biggest and most popular restaurants in the center of town. You search the interior, starting with the lowest level and working your way up. It seems business has taken a hit as not too many Pokémon have been congregating here lately, but it still seems to draw in the regulars. But from what you can see, there are still a lot of empty chairs and empty tables, likely once filled by patrons that felt safe enough to travel at night and by patrons that were once still alive...

The second floor's rooms for rent have also seen a lot more quiet as well as visitors to Serenity Town have come to a complete stop. You search each of the rooms, but it isn't until you get to a small space in the hallway that something catches your eyes, tucked away in a small opening behind a door. You investigate it further by pulling out the paper and unfolding it:

http://i.imgur.com/3zKozQA.png

This definitely looks like Adis's work...

The =Sin Purge Instructions, Part 1= have been noted in the Team Records.

You search the upstairs living area, and investigate the floor where Fetcher the Fearow and the rest of his family resides. From what you can see, Fetcher, his wife Ralice, his son Rike, and his daughter Kash are definitely not very nice Pokémon. Fetcher and Ralice have obviously been sleeping in separate rooms. You also find a note that Fetcher left on Ralice's door.

"For Arceus's sake, how many times do I need to remind you to clean off the dishes in the sink when I put them in there? And do something about this floor, preferably sooner than a month from now."

Meanwhile, you can see that Rike seems to horde money, coins, and seems to have collected a lot of toys and trinkets that probably didn't originally belong to him considering the wide variety of belongings. Lastly, it's clear Kash has been working on ways to cheat on her tests at school and she has already written two incriminating notes to Saren the Rufflet and even to one of her teachers, Rashna the Flaaffy.

You search the exterior of The Silver Moon tavern, but nothing seems too out of the ordinary...

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 04:24 AM

http://i.imgur.com/ix9FZF2.png Feeling discouraged after finding nothing of note in the school, I try an interview instead. Since Eric didn't seem to have any luck with Dassy, maybe I would fare better in his place?

Interview 48. Dassy the Goodra

Interview Rapport: VERY POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon Type (Dragon)
+1 Shared Evolution stage

You approach Dassy the Goodra and she seems to be comforted by your gentle presence. She hasn't seen you before, but she welcomes you with a smile. You introduce yourself to her and she opens up to you.

"Pleased to meet you, Gemma," Dassy tells you. "How can I help you?"

You inquire about the situation regarding the Stalkers, and she nods, although a bit reluctantly. She still tries to smile knowing it's been a hard subject for her, but it seems simply talking it out with you is getting a lot of the things off her chest and out of the bottle.

"I think this is easily the worst thing that's ever happened to Serenity Town," Dassy tells you. "However, from what I've heard about others in town, you newcomers are trying to help, and I really thank you for that."

"Listen, this isn't something I like to talk about, but..." Dassy tells you, "...there's something wrong with Daz. I know he's gotten up there in years and maybe it's a sign of aging, but he hasn't been the same. Something just seems wrong with him. There was a time when he used to talk to me, and now he doesn't even look at me, even if I say hello. I used to have tea with him, but that... that was years ago. I used to think me being there helped ease his mind, especially after his wife passed away from sickness. But now, he keeps making excuses to avoid me and I've given up. And I just haven't found anyone else to socialize with since then. It's really hard. I'm not sure if it's because of bad harvests, Pokémon leaving Serenity Town, or because of the Stalkers that he's gotten like this or if something else is involved..."

"I hope sometime we could sit down and have some tea together, Gemma," Dassy tells you with a hopeful smile. "It's just not the same if you only drink alone..."

Noblejanobii

10-11-2016, 04:36 AM

http://i.imgur.com/ntdc6Fu.png Feeling a little embarrassed for searching an already searched location, I move on to interview number 22 Dami the Bellossom.

AWA1997

10-11-2016, 08:23 AM

Search 48 Diante's Guild (Abandoned)

Shieldbearer

10-11-2016, 12:19 PM

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 01:21 PM

Lets go and interview Casha the Eevee. I'm really curious to see if she knows anything about those bowls. Sure they have to do with Adis, but being the town's potter...maybe she has some intel?

Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
+1 Same evolution stage

You find Casha the Eevee at her store, and it seems the Eevee, while a little naive, is happily busy creating yet another clay jug to add to her stock. You introduce yourself and she smiles back at you.

"Hello, Viridian!" Casha smiles, putting aside the clay jug she's working on. "Were you interested in buying something?"

You then explain that you're trying to understand the purpose of the Ivory Bowls the Emissaries have found. She looks at the Ivory Bowl you have curiously as you hand it to her so she can inspect it. Her facial reaction clues you in that it doesn't seem like she's seen it before, nor does it come from her store.

"Wow, this is pretty neat!" Casha tells you, admiring the bowl from every angle. "I really have to admire the handiwork on this! The symmetry is flawless and..."

And then something grabs her curiosity.

"Whoa, wait a minute!" She exclaims, very interested in the bowl. "How is that possible!?"

Her paws were still muddy and dirty from working on the clay jug, but as she handles the Ivory Bowl, you realize it at nearly the same time Casha does.

It's impossible for the Ivory Bowl to get dirty.

"That's amazing!" Casha smiles, testing it again by rubbing it with her muddy paws, only to see that not even a trace of mud and clay seems to stick to the bowl. "It stays so white and clean no matter what I do to it! I mean, I would have cleaned it off for you if I did get dirty, but-!"

She laughs a bit, but she still admires the bowl, checking it out one last time.

"This is really a special bowl," Casha tells you. "Now, I've worked on a lot of pots and stuff before, but something about this almost seems... supernatural. Crazy, right!? But really, it has a supernatural cleanliness that I've never seen before. I wish I could make a bowl like this, but hey, you've encouraged me to at least try!"

She tries to hand the bowl back to you, but it slips from her paws and in a fit of shock and panic, she tries to save it from crashing to the ground.

"Oh no!" she cries out.

The Ivory Bowl hits the stone ground hard. The fretful Eevee quickly races to recover the fallen bowl, picks it up, and inspects it for damage. However, there doesn't seem to be a trace of any chipping, cracking, or any other kind of damage to the Ivory Bowl.

"No way!" the Eevee exclaims in both relief and surprise. "That... that fall would have broken any other pot or bowl of mine to bits! And yet this thing is still perfect in every way!"

At the same time, even the crash to the floor still hasn't caused any dirt to cling to the bowl.

"I swear, this must be a bowl straight from Heaven," Casha laughs, carefully handing it back to you. "What a beautiful and amazing thing you've got there!"

SassySnivy

10-11-2016, 01:30 PM

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 02:06 PM

I'll stop playing in the garden for now. Interview 9. Fetcher the Fearow

Interview Rapport: VERY POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon Type (Flying)
+1 Shared Pokémon Evolution Stage

You approach Fetcher the Fearow at the Silver Moon Tavern, and you realize he's both the owner and the general manager of the restaurant. It seems the Stalkers have had a bad effect on business, but you can see in the Fearow's eyes that he tries to shove it aside.

He sees you and it seems your presence makes him a little more pleased to have a potential new customer. You introduce yourself to him.

"Welcome to the Silver Moon," Fetcher tells you, seemingly setting aside his usual bitter personality for you. "We've got plenty of great drinks on tap if you'd like."

You inquire about the situation regarding the Stalkers. Fetcher nods, realizing you're not here for a drink, but decides since there's not much going on anyway that needs his immediate attention, he deices to converse with you.

"I hate these Stalkers, but I have to give them credit," Fetcher tells you. "They're diabolically good at hiding. I think Adis knew this, hence why he was working around the clock to just blow them out of the water rather than stalk them in return."

He looks around to make sure no one is listening in. Despite his usual, bitter nature, even to his wife and kids, it still seems like you're the kind of Pokémon he can talk to, get things off of his chest, and not have anyone think he's crazy. You get the feeling that's a level of trust he doesn't even have with his own family.

"Adis..." Fetcher speaks up again. "This may seem crazy, but he needed my help for something. He wanted these... samples. Samples from as many Pokémon I could get, such as fur, hair, a scale, or anything like that. And he was willing to pay me for it! I thought he was nuts, but he said something about 'a normal Pokémon could never overpower a Stalker outright.' I was like 'yeah right.' But he got into a deep conversation about it, telling me that there's some kind of parasitic, demonic force in each of these Stalkers that gives them dark supernatural power or something like that. And he also said it's impossible to dig it out by any means other than plain ol' death once they've found a 'conduit' or whatever the hell he called it. So, I tried to secretly collect fur, scales, and anything like that from each of my patrons without looking like a nutcase. Adults, kids, parents, visitors, everyone. I had been doing it for months, wondering what the hell the point of it all was, and then one day, Adis just came to me."

"'I know who the Stalkers are,' Adis told me," Fetcher continues. "He said he had all the samples he needed and he managed to pinpoint which ones had some 'dregs of evil,' but he insisted on keeping it quiet because he felt anyone in town trying to go after them would just get themselves killed. I told him I could get together a band of Pokémon together to take these suckers out once and for all if he told me who they were, but he insisted on going through some 'Sin Purge' ritual like that to keep everyone safe. He didn't think we could take them on! Trust me, I know Namax, Talag, and Smide personally. We could have ripped them to shreds if we knew who to go after!"

"But, as luck would have it..." Fetcher sighed, "he was dead two days later. He was really close to something, but no one knows what and he didn't write their names down. And I sure don't know how to detect 'dregs of evil' like he could."

Fetcher sighs, and once again, he looks around. He seems to think to himself, looks down in thought, and then looks back to you.

"I have a feeling Adis kept the samples close by," Fetcher tells you. "They're either at the church or they're at the windmill. And there were two other Pokémon that Adis was good friends with. Seriously good friends, as in they'd kill to protect each other if need be. Trinka and Ryne. Talk to them, mention Adis, and tell them you're trying to figure out what the Sin Purge ritual is. Trust me, they'd be your best buddies in this Arceus-forsaken town if they knew what you were up to."

Shortly after, Fetcher's wife, Ralice, comes down the wooden steps with an arrogant strut, holding Fetcher's note in her beak. She drops it right in front of him.

"REAL cute," Ralice snaps at him with an egotistical smile. "You want your dishes cleaned, get off your lazy, feathered behind and clean them yourself! And this tavern was your idea, so if you don't like how the floor is, that's your problem!"

She struts back upstairs, and Fetcher looks back to you.

"That's it for now, I have... this stupid matter to attend to," Fetcher grumbles. "But if you think she's bad, you should see my kids. They're my own little 'Stalkers.'"

EmeraldSky

10-11-2016, 02:25 PM

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 02:47 PM

http://i.imgur.com/F1eM3k0.png

I'd like to search #45 Lablanc Mansion! There's gotta be something in there... Abandoned mansions = perfect for ghost-type investigations through walls!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/Ultradyne/Emolga%20GTI%20Icons/EmolgaTough_zps9ajxk0l0.png

(You know it!)

You arrive before Leblanc the Liepard's mansion, and it's very easy to see the Liepard does extremely well for herself and has very expensive tastes. You start with searching the interior, and it becomes quick and obvious Leblanc only likes the finest furniture, carpeting, jewelry, and decor. Everything looks very expensive and you see she obviously lives like a queen.

It also seems like she doesn't mind living alone in the comforts of her near castle-like estate. You also see she has a passion for collections. Art collections, artifact collections, and other trinkets are displayed proudly as if her mansion was a museum, only no one else is allowed to view it save for her.

You find that Liepard keeps a diary, and as you flip through it and learn of her day to day living, there is one more recent entry that seems to catch your interest.

"I once again tried to talk to Blak today regarding his debts to me. Oh, the darling has no idea what's coming to him! He says the hotel isn't doing quite as well as it used to, but business is still business and that still marches on. He blames it on the Stalkers, as if I haven't heard that one before! Can't pay the debts? Blame the Stalkers. Can't earn enough income because your shabby hotel can't get clients? Blame the Stalkers. It does get so very tiring. I gave him another month, simply because sometimes the excuses can be a little entertaining.

Something else happened yesterday that's been strange. I had been in the backyard, enjoying some fresh air until I noticed something or someone had buried something in my yard right next to the well! The audacity! If someone buries something in my yard, it's instantly mine. So I dug it out and it looked like a coin! I thought it would be perfect for the collection if an appraiser felt it was worth anything.

But then, as soon as I pulled it out, I felt the most oddest, most disturbing feeling I've ever had. It was like waking up from a nightmare! I dropped it back in the hole and simply left it there. The filthy thing must be cursed or something. Whoever that miserable thing belongs to, they can keep it, but I want it out of my yard. I don't even want to touch it again.

I must leave off here, as I have some work to do."

You decide to search the exterior of the mansion, and most notably, you search by the well for this coin that Leblanc mentioned in her diary entry.

You find the hole that she must have dug out, as well as the mentioned coin. You sense a kind of disturbing darkness emanating from it, but you decide to take it out of the hole.

Leblanc's description of "waking up from a nightmare" feels quite accurate as you come in contact with the coin. It disturbs you for a moment, but you feel inclined to look it over.

On one side of the coin, there is a frantic and traumatized Pikachu being swallowed by hideous, enrapturing shadows. And on the reverse side, there is but one word:

DAMNATION

You take it with you, using a cloth to at least somewhat suppress the dark and infernal nature that comes from having direct contact with this coin...

Item: [Coin of Damnation] has been added to the Team Inventory.

You make your last search around the rest of the property, but nothing else seems to grab your attention or come across as suspicious...

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 03:17 PM

#37 Cina the Chansey has been killed by the Stalkers.

http://i.imgur.com/t5KSI8Y.png

Location: Outside rear of #23 Serenity Town Supermarket
State: Asphyxiation, eyes impaled

Deputy Zick examines the body, looking at the wooden stakes rammed into the eye sockets of Cina's head. It seems like the sight of this used to really bother him, but now that's he's seen it plenty of times, it doesn't disturb him as much as it used to, but it still gives him an unsettling feeling.

"Time of death?" Adom asks the Jolteon.

"Had to be sometime during the night," Zick replies. "Srin was the one who found the body this morning when he came by the shop to see how Cina was doing. He told me he was a bit surprised she hadn't opened up shop yet, but after looking around, he realized the hard way she never came home last night..."

Adom nods, still examining the body of the deceased Chansey.

"I read your file," Adom tells the Jolteon. "So judging by your theories, you think this... 'Undone' was responsible for this?"

"Oh, without a doubt," Zick nods. "In fact..."

He checks around the body, and on the ground, he finds a note. A signature, of sorts...

"Her lungs no longer breathing in the toxic air of this wretched world, her eyes no longer needing to gaze upon it's ugliness, it's sickness, and it's hideousness," Zick recites.

"I definitely find that disturbing..." Adom replies. "I just don't know why no one saw it happening."

Zick looks around and nods.

"Well, take a look around," Zick tells the Magnezone. "There's no vantage point on this, save from Riverwatch Apartments, which are probably too far away to have seen anything late at night. That and I highly doubt anyone who lives in that awful place would even care."

"We just need to keep trying," Adom tells Zick. "All of Serenity Town is depending on us..."

"Thankfully..." Zick tells Adom, looking back at Serenity Town, "I don't think we're alone in that regard..."

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 03:49 PM

http://i.imgur.com/J52KMQL.png Well that didn't go well. I'll search #20 Riverwatch Apartments

You arrive at the Riverwatch Apartments, which have the quality of housing projects but only for Pokémon. It's quite clear this is the least-appealing of apartment buildings in all of Serenity Town, save for the Rolodon one being used by the squatters. In fact

Inside, there is wall damage, water damage on the ceilings, and a lot of the metal has been damaged by rust. You definitely get the feeling Pokémon that live here don't do very well financially at all.

You learn from the mailboxes on the first floor that Kneed the Krookodile himself lives here, but in a much nicer-looking apartment from the rest. The other mailboxes mentions Razen the Jumpluff, Talag the Pangoro, and the recently deceased Cina the Chansey. Two other Pokémon, Mincy the Cinccino and Urst the Snorunt, used to live here on the second floor, but their names have been crossed out. You assume the worst...

Upstairs, you find Razen's apartment door ajar. It seems the lock has been broken for a while and he's never been able to get Kneed to fix it. You can easily tell that he seems to be a starving artist, a comedian struggling to make ends meet, especially in a hard time like this when most Pokémon aren't up for comedy.

Talag's apartment appears to have never had a lock in the first place, just a vacant hole where a doorknob should be. You can see that he is a builder by trade and seems to enjoy metalworking on the side given the several half-completed projects that lay around his apartment. He also seems to own a few books about the subjects, which seems to imply he spends quite a bit of alone time studying his trades rather than go out socializing.

Cina's apartment shares a similar story in that her apartment lock feels loose and non-functional. Her apartment also has many books and it seems like she liked hanging pictures of nature on the walls. It seems like she had taken up some kind of Pokémon form of origami as a hobby when she wasn't busy working as a grocer at the supermarket.

There are several other apartments here, but many of them seem to be empty.

You investigate the outside of the apartment building, searching the back and the sides for anything that might stand out. You come across one area in the back of the building that looks like it was recently disturbed. You investigate it further by digging away at the area, and you find a metallic, coin-like object. You reach in to grab it...

...but as soon as you touch it, you are suddenly taken back in cold, icy shock, recalling a sad and depressing memory but just for an instant. When you recover, you slowly pull the coin out to take a closer look. On the front side, you see the depiction of a Pikachu, covering his face in tears and sadness as he is overcome with grief. On the reverse side, there is but one word:

DESPAIR

You take it with you, although it almost depresses you to do so...

Item: [Coin of Despair] has been added to the Team Inventory.

You've seen enough...

VeloJello

10-11-2016, 04:07 PM

Not the best rapport, but I'm one of the few that doesn't clash with them. Interview 52. Ryne the Floatzel about Adis.

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 04:13 PM

I take the Black and White wing pieces and the Heart Key, head to (10) Sleepy Valley Apartments, and use them on the Abandoned Basement Door.

Let's see if I can't coax out Koax's identity from this, huehuehuehue, gradient.

You find your way back to the {Abandoned Basement Door} and place both the [Black Wing Piece] and the [White Wing Piece] in their respective slots in the door. Then, you place the [Heart Key] in the keyhole and turn it.

It all unlocks with a heavy, cold-sounding click, and the door swings open...

Inside, the room is barely illuminated through small slits in the walls just below the ceiling, but there is still enough dim light to look around in the cold, stone room. You find all kinds of disturbing markings and smudged writing on the walls and plenty of torn papers all over the stone floor.

You find jars of fluid containing something strange on the back wall, but when you take a closer look, you're taken back. Each jar contains a stopped heart in a kind of preservation fluid. Nearby, you find a pouch of blood-stained surgical tools in a wide variety of sizes and shapes. It seems like these tools were originally intended for intense surgery, but were obviously used for all the wrong reasons. You immediately draw the conclusion that these were used to extract the hearts currently in the preservation jars from the victims's bodies.

The walls are covered with words that have been smudged out. You can make out a few of the words and the formatting reminds you of a poem, but it's impossible to tell exactly what it used to say.

The dank floor is also covered with ripped pieces of paper, most of it all in one pile of bedlam. You decide not to try and piece it all together, as there must be over a thousand pieces of paper, all from multiple pages that would take an enormous amount of time to sort and try to put back together.

In your continued search, you find what appears to be an ordinary iron key resting among the paper shreds. You take it with you.

Item: [Iron Key] has been added to the Team Inventory.

You continue to look around for any additional clues or evidence. You come across a pile of books that have been shredded, and what looks like a diary, only that too has been angrily torn apart.

But then you notice something unusual. In a secluded and isolated corner of the dark room, you find one pile of torn papers that is separate from the rest. You think you might be able to put this small pile of paper shreds back together in one piece...

=A Twisted Note= (http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=055532d4c99e)

You decide to gather the pieces of paper and take them out in the open daylight where it would be much easier to try and put it back together...

LKWayvern

10-11-2016, 07:37 PM

http://i.imgur.com/kxPx2jP.png I interview number 21, Marche the Zoroark!

Dash

10-11-2016, 08:16 PM

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 08:58 PM

http://i.imgur.com/ntdc6Fu.png Feeling a little embarrassed for searching an already searched location, I move on to interview number 22 Dami the Bellossom.

Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon Type (Grass)

You come to Dami the Bellossom at her store and home while her son Vam the Oddish is relaxing in the yard. She seems happy and content, but nonetheless, she has been keeping a watchful eye on him. You introduce yourself to her and she greets you with a warm smile.

"Hello, Sloane, pleased to meet you," Dami replies to you. "What can I help you with?"

You inquire about the Stalkers and what's been going around. She nods and looks a little somber.

"Yes, I heard about Cina..." Dami tells you, having learned about the Chansey's death. "It's truly awful and I'm going to miss her. She always seemed like such a sweet and caring Pokémon, although she was poor."

She tries to recall something she's seen recently that might be of some help.

"Adis was a kind priest, though he was a bit unusual," Dami recalls. "On the outside, he was a kind and gentle Delphox, but on the other hand, there was a lot about him that was mysterious. There was this time I wanted to talk to him about something that had been troubling me, but he wasn't at the church. I went searching around the building to see if he was outside, only to find out he had been at the windmill the entire time. I couldn't understand why he'd be there of all places, but I never did ask him about it. Looking back, I'm wondering if he's been doing something there in secret. I'd go and check, but I couldn't leave Vam by himself, and I couldn't take him with me in case something terrible happens. Lately, I feel guilty even just sleeping and waking up later than usual."

"Despite all that, I just wasn't ever a part of Adis's circle of friends," Dami continues. "I never took the chance to get to know him better and I regret that. But there are a few Pokémon that know what he was up to. Trinka the Lopunny and Ryne the Floatzel were always good friends of his and I knew Trinka and Ryne volunteered very often at the church and assisted Adis during mass. Trinka... she's a fighter. She was angry and depressed when Adis was found dead, but she vowed to do whatever it took to stop the Stalkers. Meanwhile, Ryne, despite his cool and collected nature, has been trying to encourage the scared townsfolk of Serenity and has been leading the Night Watch in Adis's honor. But not too many Pokémon have been willing to help him..."

"Talk to Trinka and Ryne," Dami tells you. "They'll let you know more about what Adis has been up to, but I only know so much. And there has to be something at that windmill. I just know it."

Chibi Altaria

10-11-2016, 09:02 PM

The Nonexistent Tazz

10-11-2016, 09:05 PM

I go to the Rolando Apartments and use the Iron Key on the Nondescript Iron Door.

I wonder why this key was in Koax's little space...

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 09:06 PM

Search 48 Diante's Guild (Abandoned)

You come across Diante's Guild at the outskirts of town. A somewhat spine-chilling wind blows around as this area of town seems to be a creepy-looking derelict.

You check the exterior of the old, stone building, but the broken windows have been boarded up with oak planks from the inside. From what you can tell about the architecture of the building, members of the guild used to reside here as well as carry out their objectives for exploration. However, those days have long-passed. The grounds have become unkempt and overgrown with weeds since then.

When you get to the front door, you find the heavy, steel door has been locked shut. There is a XX emblem by the keyhole.

Locked Door: {Locked Front Door, XX emblem} has been noted in the Team Records.

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 09:25 PM

http://i.imgur.com/WXib097.png Alright, then... Time for the next step - to have a chat with 3. Adom the Magnezone himself. I'm sure that neither of us would hesitate to bust a cap in the other if we found out the other was a Stalker. Especially if they were the true Stalker, so they could gain some reputation with the rest of them.
...With how little law enforcement there is now, he might as well consider me part of the force already.
Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon type (Steel)
-1 Not very effective against (Rock to Steel)
+1 Shared Pokémon Evolution Stage

You find Adom the Magnezone at the Police Station, reviewing another police report submitted by Zick. He looks to you in a professional manner as you introduce yourself.

"Hello, Aurimas," Adom greets you.

You tell Adom about yourself and how you're trying to put an end to the Stalkers. He nods, as if expecting this encounter.

"Zick has informed me there are some 'friendly newcomers' in town," Adom tells you. "I was skeptical at first, as I prefer not to take action unless there is sufficient proof to go by. Zick and I sometimes have our differences and he will often pursue a lead that I have doubts about. He will chase a rumor or a theory if he believes there is some credibility to it. I suppose in a time like this, maybe that's what it has come down to."

"You and your friends have gained Zick's trust, and he has updated me with regards to what some of you have found while serving as Serenity Town's private investigators," Adom continues. "I have something you might be able to make better use of than I have been able to."

Adom heads toward one of the cabinets in the room, moves aside a few boxes, and retrieves what appears to be a silver candle.

"Adis gave this to me for safekeeping," Adom tells you, handing you the silver candle. "He told me he would come back for it 'when the time was right,' but now he's gone and I have no use for it myself. I don't know what it's for and if it's something important, it would only do damage for me to continue holding onto it. Maybe you and your friends can find some kind of use for it..."

Item: [Silver Candle] has been added to the Team Inventory.

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 09:44 PM

Well I guess we learned something? xD

I think it would be a good idea to interview Mort, maybe to see if he might know something about a certain pair of shears...or just in general, if he knows anything about whats going on at all. :o

Interview Rapport: NEGATIVE
-1 Pokémon Evolution Stage Difference

You find Mort the Grumpig at the Rolodon Apartment Building, sleeping on his usual makeshift bed besides his strange tarot cards and other bizarre fortune-telling paraphernalia. He doesn't detect you at first, but then when you approach him, he suddenly wakes up in a panic.

"W-who... who are you!?" Mort asks in alarm.

You introduce yourself, but Mort still seems anxious.

"I... what is... what do you want from m-me?" Mort asks, quivering a bit.

You inquire about the sheers and what he knows about the Stalkers. But he just shakes his head and still seems very frightened.

"S-shears!?" Mort asks. "Bloody shears!? W-Who would ever want to kill a Pokémon with s-something like that!? L-Look, look, I didn't do anything if that's what you're t-thinking!"

You try to pursue the lead, using what you know about what Gillan had mentioned.

"I-I just wanted to b-barter with her!" Mort exclaims, trying to defend himself. "I... I don't have much money, you see. I j-just wanted a quilt to keep warm at night. I... I found those tools outside the Vordin Mansion after a night of scavenging around, so I thought s-she might trade or something. But she j-just told me to go away and that s-she only took Poké. But I swear, I didn't mean any harm!"

He simply continues to look nervous, and it doesn't seem like you're going to get too much more out of him...

Pokemon Trainer Sarah

10-11-2016, 10:12 PM

Search (26) Serenity Town Windmill!

Neo Emolga

10-11-2016, 10:22 PM

Lita is overjoyed to find such a wealth of info, and hurries to tell her teammates.

After leaving her finds for the others to examine, she hurries to #16: The Performing Arts Center. True it's not the best time to take in a show, but maybe there is behind the scenes info to help the cause?

You arrive before the Serenity Town Performing Arts Center, which seems to be a large, welcoming white-stone building with stone columns and a large theater hall. The large building seems to be in good condition and it seems like it used to be a nice entertainment attraction before the recent Stalker incidents.

A sign at the front clues you in that the last shows, Razen's Roast and Kile and Nashelle's Holiday Jam were scheduled to happen weeks ago, and the show schedule hasn't been updated since. You can easily assume performances have completely stopped for now...

You start by searching the interior of the building. Despite the lack of show performances, the building still seems to be in good shape and hasn't been vandalized in the absence of clientele. The stone floors are still clean and it seems like it wouldn't take much to reopen the performing arts center if only things were looking better.

The actual performance stage and audience hall is quite impressive considering Serenity Town isn't that large of a settlement, and you guess it might be because the owner thought the town would grow into a city in time. There are enough seats in the theater to accompany everyone in town and then some, but you imagine a sellout performance probably never happened here. Many of the seats are wood and stone to accommodate both large and small Pokémon while the stage itself is made of stone to withstand prolonged use as well as wear and tear.

You search the back room and it seems like most of the equipment has been relocated for now, but there are a few things that remain. You decide to go deeper in your search, going through the drawers and cabinets. It seems like most of the things that were here have been moved out for now, but a few items like show scripts, props, and schedules still remain. In your searches, you come across one metal object in particular that catches your eyes. It looks like it was tucked away secretly between a desk in the ticket booth and the wall. You wrestle it out and discover it's a key with a Ꚛ Cross Circle emblem on it.

Item: [Ꚛ Cross Circle Key] has been added to the Team Inventory

You search the outside exterior of the Performing Arts Center. The grounds look like they used to be maintained, but with the lack of performances and income, the yard has become a little wild and weedy. Nonetheless, you search around the sides and back of the building. When you get to the rear, you see something unusual, a coin that looks like it has been tied up with weeds and shrubs. You tear away at them, and once the metallic object is freed and lands in your hands...

...you suddenly yelp when a shock of pain hits through your paw.

You look at your paw to see if there is any cut, but it all seems to be fine. You check the coin again, and it stings to the touch, as if touching it feels like grabbing a nail, although no physical wound seems to occur.

On the front of the coin, you see clearly what looks like a Pikachu being split open and gutted alive with his entrails being torn out... something that you instantly find grotesque and macabre. As you carefully use a leaf to suppressed the stinging that the coin causes upon physical contact, you flip the coin over and a single word reveals itself on the back.

EVISCERATION

You use the leaf like a oven mitt and take the coin with you, but avoid looking at it for obvious reasons...

Item: [Coin of Evisceration] has been added to the Team Inventory.

yuriayumi

10-11-2016, 11:42 PM

???? Im confused
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yuriayumi

10-11-2016, 11:46 PM

*is new *uhhhhh ????????? [emoji26] sorry u-um ill leave

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Scytherwolf

10-12-2016, 12:44 AM

http://i.imgur.com/oJhrOxC.png I'll interview #36 Trinka the Lopunny

EmeraldSky

10-12-2016, 12:49 AM

Unnerved by the weird coin, Lita decides to search #15--Sagin's house

SassySnivy

10-12-2016, 01:26 AM

Chakramaster

10-12-2016, 02:46 AM

Neo Emolga

10-12-2016, 04:00 AM

Not the best rapport, but I'm one of the few that doesn't clash with them. Interview 52. Ryne the Floatzel about Adis.

Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon Evolution Stage

You find Ryne at his farm, relaxing in the afternoon sun after having worked all morning in the apple orchard making apple cider. You introduce yourself to him.

"Welcome to my farm, Katie," Ryne greets you with a relaxed smile. "What can I do for you?"

You inquire about Adis and what the Emissaries have recently learned. He nods in understanding and realizes the true nature of your arrival.

"Adis is a very good friend of mine," Ryne tells you. "And yes, I mean is and always will be. Death shouldn't end a true friendship."

"Adis was working on the Sin Purge Ritual to stop the Stalkers," Ryne informs you further. "He had everything compiled and was probably only minutes away from completing the project. The things he had gathered for this ritual were out of this world. Relics, books, and artifacts that had holy and divine attributes to them. Things I had never seen before! Probably from Heaven itself! He mentioned the candles, the bowls, and the scriptures that he had to hide once he realized his situation had been compromised. He said if the Stalkers found them, the situation would become hopeless, so he locked them up, hid them around town, and entrusted some of the townsfolk with these relics, stating he would come back to get them once he had the final pieces compiled."

"I'm one of those Pokémon," Ryne tells you. "You need to complete Adis's work. I'd do it myself, but I would put my family in serious danger if they found out about it. It happened to Joff and it has ruined him completely."

He tells you to wait a moment, and then heads inside his house. After a short minute, he comes back and give you what looks like a white stone star.

"Take this," Ryne tells you. "It's for a lock in the windmill. Trinka has the other one, but she can't make a move either without putting her husband Srin in serious danger. Adis may be dead, but there's still hope of completing the ritual, and I believe he's watching us from above, praying and hoping for us all. Take it, and may Arceus watch over your path."

Item: [Star Stone: Father Time] has been added to the Team Inventory.

Suicune's Fire

10-12-2016, 04:14 AM

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Searching #23 - Serenity Town Supermarket for potential clues on the crime scene...

Neo Emolga

10-12-2016, 04:29 AM

http://i.imgur.com/kxPx2jP.png I interview number 21, Marche the Zoroark!

Interview Rapport: VERY POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon Type (Dark)
+1 Shared Pokémon Evolution Stage

You arrive at Marche's house and knock on her front door. It takes a little while before the Zoroark opens it, but she opens the door slowly and gently. You introduce yourself to her.

"Oh," she slightly smiles. "Hello there."

You inquire Marche about the Stalkers and explain what you're trying to do. She nods, looking a little shy, but she understands your position.

"From one dark Pokémon to another, I think you know what it feels like to have Pokémon suspect you of every bad thing in the world," Marche opens up to you. "It's not that I don't like the other Pokémon here, is just whenever something goes wrong or they suspect someone of doing something bad, it's the dark Pokémon that get accused first. I'm sure an Umbreon like you has seen plenty of it in your lifetime."

"I'm just an engineer," Marche tells you. "It's not witchcraft like some Pokémon believe. You just leverage gravity, energy, and motion to make things work, and you come up with ways to make life easier. That's all. I've never killed anyone. Why would I? You don't seem like the kind that would kill anyone either."

"I should have talked to Adis," Marche explains further. "But I waited too long and now he's gone. Instead of sitting here, keeping to myself, I should have helped him and not feel like I needed to hide myself away because of who I am and what I am. Trinka had the right idea. Everyone loves her and she was so open to being a caring and helpful Pokémon. I should have been more like that when Adis was still around. Maybe he could have trusted me, too..."

"I'm afraid I can't help right now, but I'll be on the lookout," Marche tells you. "I'm not sure if you've realized it, but there's something about the Stalkers that is triggered at night. By day, they act normal and like nothing ever happened. But at night, they're out killing other Pokémon. I haven't gotten to the rhyme or reason when they decide to strike when they do, but chances are they wait until someone is alone and vulnerable. I know because I think they were in my yard the other night, but by the time I went downstairs and headed out the back door, they had already bolted out of there and I didn't see where they had run off to. I don't know what they want with me, but I've had to tripwire and booby trap the front and back doors at night."

"Well, thanks for listening to me, Laura," Marche tells you with a smile. "Whew, I... hope I didn't ramble on too much, but you seem like such a nice, friendly Umbreon. I haven't had friends for a while and before meeting you, I didn't think it was ever going to be possible again, but you've reminded me of a feeling I've missed for a long time. Thank you so much."

Neo Emolga

10-12-2016, 04:48 AM

I'd like to interview #57 Millie the Vaporeon about the mysterious twisted note.

Note:

MY NAME IS KOAX.
MY NAME IS [indiscernable]

I can't do this anymore. I can't run from these demons. They've driven me to kill. My name is

Millie the Vaporeon. And I've done horrible things. I can't stop myself. I need you to put an end to it all. So to whoever reading

Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon Type (Water)

You confront Millie the Vaporeon just outside of the Sleepy Valley Apartments building. She smiles at you when you introduce yourself to her. You then show her the =Twisted Note=, she looks it over, and slowly and slightly steps back.

"Oh..." she mutters. "Oh... oh, okay..."

She nods, winces for a moment, closes her eyes, looks away for a moment, and winces for a moment again.

"I'm... Millie," she nods, struggling to smile. "Mill-ie. M-I-L-L-I-E. Millliiieeee. Please call me Millie. Please? Please, Dash? I'm pleased to... meet you. I'm Millie the Vaporeon."

It almost seems like she is about to cry, but she shakes her head after a few seconds. She suddenly looks at the sky, and something about the sun beginning to set seems to seriously bother her all of a sudden.

"I wish it was springtime again," Millie tells you quickly. "I like the flowers, the grassy fields, and everyone... just seems happier. I really want to enjoy those moments again, you know? You know how it is. Of course you do. I'd love to just skip forward through time and... NO, TURN BACK time. Yeah, I'd love to just turn back time and enjoy those moments again."

"I'm Millie, by the way," she tells you, suddenly beaming a smile. "Millie the Vaporeon! I hope you've been enjoying Serenity Town!"

VeloJello

10-12-2016, 11:07 AM

Search 11B, Daz's silo #2

Neo Emolga

10-12-2016, 03:26 PM

http://i.imgur.com/90HVLpk.png After gaining insight from Dassy, I decide it's time to have a good chat to the Dragonite himself.

Interview 20. Daz the Dragonite.
After greeting the Dragonite I inquire about Dassy the Goodra, and that she seems to be growing increasingly concerned for his welfare. Then, noticing Daz's history books, I mention that Adis seemed to enjoy history as well and ask about their relationship.

Interview Rapport: EXTREMELY POSITIVE
+2 Shared Pokémon Types (Dragon & Flying)
+1 Shared Pokémon Evolution Stage

You find Daz the Dragonite, tending to some of the berries that he has been growing in his old greenhouse. He turns to you, smiles for but a brief moment, and you introduce yourself to him.

"Hello there, Gemma," he nods. "Something I could help you with?"

You inquire about Dassy the Goodra, as well as Daz's passion for history and the relationship he and Dassy used to have. He closes his eyes for a moment, nods, and understands you've taken it upon yourself to be the mediator between the two of them.

"Dassy... is a kind and compassionate Pokémon," Daz tells you. "Maybe too kind. Maybe to the point of being naive and inane in this twisted world of ours. And sometimes it's a take what you can when you can kind of world. I'm sure you know the age old expression 'nice Pokémon finish last?' Well... she's the living embodiment of that. Her business fails because she wants to be nice friends with Joff the Infernape, who has absolutely no qualms or guilt about outperforming her and stealing her customers. And it only got worse when Joff's family was killed. I was actually surprised Dassy hadn't simply packed up shop, gave it all to Joff as a consolation gift, and decided to work for Joff as an employee for free. However, knowing Joff, I doubt he would have any of that. The last thing he would want is to see Dassy's idea of 'one free hammer and nails toolkit just for stopping by' promotion done with his merchandise."

"One of these days, Dassy is going to get hurt," Daz tells you in a cold voice, crossing his arms. "Someone is going to take advantage of her, break her heart, and leave her in pieces. And I'd rather not be there when it happens. I'd rather not be the one she comes running after in tears as if I'm her father trying to console his baby girl. I'm not that kind of Pokémon, because I know the things I'd tell her are things she'd never do. I told her to be cutthroat and competitive and she didn't listen. I told her to stand her ground and not be such a pushover and she thought she could 'kill them with kindness.' Not in this lifetime. And that's how she got to where she is now. Compassion and kindness is fine, but not at the expense of self-worth."

"Listen, I broke ties with Dassy for a good reason," Daz tells you in conclusion. "I'm old, she's young, and she's got a lot to learn that I don't feel like teaching to her."

"As for Adis, there are plenty of Pokémon that thought he was a kook, self included," Daz mentions to you. "He was a Pokémon of many secrets. Far too many secrets. Made it impossible to trust the shifty bastard. He never came across as a vile Pokémon, but I'd be damned if I didn't watch him closely while he was around. The wicked and vile have their black magic and witchcraft, but the same is true for the other side of the spectrum and I knew he was there with his divine rituals and other hocus pocus. I don't want dealings with any of it."

"It was nice to meet you, Gemma," Daz tells you, looking like he needs to get back to work. "There are some harsh truths out there, but this is just the way things are."

Shieldbearer

10-12-2016, 05:33 PM

http://i.imgur.com/WXib097.png Okay... This is where things get darker, in more ways than one.

http://i.imgur.com/r9frToM.pngOr they would've in a moment, but I stopped at Millie's door and didn't kill her. Phew. Man, am I glad. This is officially a wasted action, but it's better than the alternative!

http://i.imgur.com/NVXm67T.pngI must also still offer a silent, makeshift prayer to Mew. Still don't know their pronouns, though, if they have those...

AgloMe Oen

10-12-2016, 05:34 PM

I go to the Rolando Apartments and use the Iron Key on the Nondescript Iron Door.

I wonder why this key was in Koax's little space...

...

...

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...

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ThIS ISn'T HoW tHE stoRY ENDNSSZZ, Jeff. Jeff, Jeff, Jeff. TELL ME HOW IT FEELZ, JEFF.

T̖̲̹̻̲̔ͪ͝͡ͅE̢̫͉̤̫̮̼͓̮̤̽ͭ̿͑̉͐́̕͠L̫̘̈͌ͣ̈́͋̐L̷ͪͨ̒̀̐ͥ͏̟ ̺̞̪̼̪̻̣ ̬̫͙̣͗̅͐̋̑̀M̮̫̼̅̿͘E̵͉̼̲̮̫ͥ̅͊ ͍̣̣̼̳͓̣̫̋̓̏͒̇ͨ̀ͩH̛̥͎̜̭̥̹̖̠̤ͧ͌ͤͧ̅̃Ọ̧̻̫̭̺̖ͫͪW̗̝͓͓̪ͦ ̙͈̼ ͈͇̣̯͕̬̣̤͇͋̇ͪ͆̑̋ͬ́̚I̛͇͇̭̠͕͇̿̽̍̍͐́T͆̏ͩ̽ͩ̚͏̰̩͠ ̛̬̖̻̇ͫ̅F̗̮ͮ͐̔̌ͥ͝ͅẼ̡̟͉̤̫̿̂͌̓̉̉̈́͘É̸̜̞̲̣͉̺̼ͥ̌̽L̅̄ͨͩ ̨͈̠̦͊̿S̷̗̩̐͒͗̈̓!̶͚̳͊!̷̘̬̖͇̬̯̌ͤ͗͑ͤ̀!̴̢̟̫͑̇̎̿̅̂ͮ̉͢!ͪ ͌ͧ͏͎!̛͔̭͙̟̙̔!̦̱̤̟̳̜̳͕̲̔̈́͛ͣ̆̎ͩ͘͟͠

And then you never did answer me, before.

You find yourself standing before Ŭ̶̷̠̬̬̱̥͒͋̎͐̉̽ͧ̎̄́͟͝b̅̒̍͆ͪ̓̎̎ͩͩ̅͌ͦ̔ͧͣ͏̶̱̫̫̥͕͖̪̖͜͞ ̲̯e̵̩̯̳͎̺͇̘͕͓͓͔̪̭̻͔̖͕̙̓̔̄̇ͯͬ̂͒̏̀̈́ͤ͛̿̋̑ͣ̓͘͞rͤ̅ͫ́ͣ͑͂ ͩ͐ͣͫͭ̾ͮ̄̓͊̈͌҉̷̶̶̲̞͍̜̭̣͕̣̹̻̥͟ͅͅnͮ̂͂̏̃̂̂̒͑͜͝҉̧̭͉͔̘͖͜ ̬̲̺͓̪o̶̴̡̩̦͓̣̫͓̩͖͕̫̳̲͈̬͑̎͆̄́͂̉ͦͬ̆̄ͪ̋͌͑͝͡s̡̬̙͗̿̊͐̕͟ ̞̹̳̩̹̟̦̩͈̝̰̟̪̦̞t̏̋ͯ̊̋ͯ̎͊͐͛̉̆̏͞͏̛̪̤̤̜̘̦̟̼̞̻̝̹̩̝̟̱ͅr ͎̯̱̺̖̙̑ͤ̓̈́̾̇͒͊̔ͧ̃ͮ̉̎̓̀͢u͑̇͆̆ͬ̉̀̍́̈ͥ҉̢̲̠͔̠̗̕͡ͅm̅ͦ̓̌ ̴̴̛͈̜̠̟͕̮̥͇̱̟̹̗̮ͮͧ̎͆́̌ͫ̒̈́̾͋̀̔̚͟ and he's wondering just why the hell it took you so bloody long to get here. No, no, he actually doesn't care because what ultimately happens to you doesn't concern him at all. Not at all. Not at all...

alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.

But this isn't how the story ends, Jeff.

For the longest time, you feel like you've died exactly one thousand, six hundred and fifty three times. No more, no less. No less, no more. If you ever had a favorite way to die, well, you just found it and that's just great and now you finally got to see for yourself what it really feels like. And now you can ask yourself if it's everything you always imagined it would be. You can ask yourself if it's everything you wanted to happen and if it's exactly the way you wanted to just S̶̸̝̺̦̟͎̟̗̩̞̟̦͕̹̹̤ͦ̄̑̃̈́́̐͠H̋̾̏̔͒͏̡̡̘̲̱̺Ů̏̀ͨͤ̃͒̈ͣ̌ ̶̣̲̺̽ͨ̓̊̓̈̅͐͞T̨͓̠̞̘͔͎͂͛̒ͫͪ̈́ͥ̾ͬͯͪ́͗ͣ̀͘͝ ̵̤̻̞̫̜̖̰̻͍̌̀͂ͨͬ̍̌ͣ͊̍̈̈́̅̀͂ͧ͝I̴̢̦̞̙͓͆̇̒͐̀̃͗͂͊̓͊ͪ̀̈́̈́͞ ͓̱̗̪͔͙͖T̶̶̡͊̋̽̾ͪ̐̃̾ͪ́̚҉̤̹̣̣̞̦͙̣͇̲͚ ̡̨ͩ͊̃̍͛͡͏̪̭̪̙͓̹̺̲̝̱̕A̴̵͉̗̼̦͓̗͍̼̻̳̼̻̟̯̝̐̍͗ͮ̀̽̿̐͋̓̚͘ Ľ̸̡̅̍ͩ̅ͩ̍ͥͫͦ͊̽ͤͬ̏͐͝҉͎͍̯̣L̈́ͭ̊̆ͤ̿͑̀ͧ̅̽ͨͫͨ̿͘͏̶̢͇̣̠̤͢ ͔̺͚͙ ̷̤̹͍̤̩ͣ̐̍̿͂̅̑͂̾́͞U͚̖̞̘͓̼̳̣̼͋ͪͧ͛ͨ͊̊ͥ͛͋͐̿̉́ͣ̕̕P̅̄̔͑̿ ̷̴͆҉̧̣̬̟̳̹̮͇͖̼͉͖̞̲̺͉̭̘ͅ ̼̻̘͙̲̰̖̤͚͓̤̮̺͖̽̅̉̂̊̈͌ͫ̍̌ͩ͘͝͠O̡̫͖̮̤͈͉̰̖̺͚̎ͬ͋̋͒̿ͦͥ̋̀ ̺̰͍͓̯̮̲͇ͅṊ̵̤͉̳̯̠͕̗̞̝̻̖͇̰͇̪̓̌͆̌̀̚͘͟Ȅͦͧͤͤ̆ͫͮͪ̊͒̓̈́ͫ ̡̫̫̙̳̪͈̂͟͝ ̵̟̬͙̹̗̤̪̗̭̦̙̭͕͇̠̬̅̋͒̿̊̑̃͐ͭ̋͊̅̚̕͢͞ͅD̵̢ͪ̔͒̑̌ͫ̍ͣͥ̓̀̕͢ ̻͔̭̩̠̥̟̭̪ͅA̶̶̽ͤ̽ͭ̌̒ͥͮ̑ͦ̔ͥ̑̋ͣͥ̚͡͏̙̗̲̖̹͙̀Ý̈̏͛ͬ̒̒̊̓̊ ̛̣̺͍̙ͭ̔̈ͭ́͗͜ͅͅ AND PUT AND END TO IT ALL.

Because now you can close the book and light it on fire.

Because it's your story now, Jeff. It's your own, little, TwIStEd b̙̝͝͠r̺̤̬̰̰͞a̫i̴̠̮̙̟̭̯̻͜͡ͅn̶̹͖̳̥̲̫̕c̷̛͖̺̖̙h̶̴͍̦̝̖̀ ̮̞i̘̥̙̘͚͢ĺ̹͍̬̣͔͎̹̝d̡̯̤̬̤͝ that you can decide to love forever and ever or just abort like the next unlucky fetus.

The trial of Jeff Vs Jeff begins. The defendant, Jeff, hates himself for who is is. The prosecutor, Jeff, demands that Jeff pay for his incompetence. Jeff, the defense attorney, stresses to the court that Jeff is ḧ͓͓̹̣̼̦́͊̍ͮͤ̎ͅŏ̧͙̭̪̆̅̿̾̃͛͊͞p̧̥̙̜̥̏̋̌̀̄̊̌̽ė͙͇̉̀̏̔ ̫l̩̰̪͎̲̬̄̐ͅe̡̤̝̲̲̙̦̟͚̺ͣ̄ͭ͗ͩ̅s̷̲̖̙̙͎ͫ̔ͦ͞s̢͂ͤ̃͛̉̒ͩ̂̽ ̵̤̳̝̤͇̬̮͜l̶̨̼̆̋ͦ̈́́͝ỵ̱̰͈̻̬͓̊̓̈́̾ͨ̔̈́ͯͩ͟ ̸̛̪̯͙̻͒̔̇͌̂ͩ̓p̸̨̦͕͇̯ͭ͐̊̾ͦ́̀s̵͖̣͕̘͉͇͔ͤͫͩͮy̸̰͈͛ͩͪͥ̊ͫ ̮c͓͖̥͈̟̠̮̼̊̌ͮͅh̠̖̪̱̍̓ỏ̪̥̪̺̂͊ͯ̒͠t̢̫̭͔͙̔͂ͧ͢͟i͐̎̂ͣͬ̒ ̘̘̰͒ͪc̢̖̟͖̤͖̲͎͓ͩ̍ ̯͖̝̞̼̮̠̣ͫ̽̕͝ͅb̦̖̥͖ͯͭ͑̅̽̕e̹̫̞̬̖̰̣̱̎͋̀ͦ̀͢y̩̤̗͒̏̂̽͌̚͡ o̴͇̬̼̮̩̗̰̳̊̿͑̂ͣ̚n͖̠̥̩̝͉̹̳ͦ̉̏͊d̯̖̱̫ͪ̓ ̰̺̣̑ͣ͂ͪ̀͋͒ͧ́̕a̦͚ͥ̑ͧ̋ͬ̌̅̾͢͞l͔̺ͩ͐̓̎ͬͣ̈́͊͘͞l̛͉̼͕̎̊̒̇̕ͅ ͙̖ ̼̈́ͧ͝h̷͌̆̆̈҉̣͍̰o̴͎̳̟̲̓ͧ́pͩ̓̿̓ͫ͡҉̦̹͓̦̳ͅe̿̈́̽̄ͫ̈̚͏̵̼̦ͅ ̱̻̖͉͔ and should be excused and acquitted of all charges. He is mental.

Jeff gives his opening statement to all the members of the jury, all of which are the same person. The same Jeff. The same faceless bastard they stare upon. Judge Jeff looks upon the defendant. Jeff calls Jeff to the stand, the witness to all things that Jeff has done wrong. The v̌̃ͮ̂ͥͩͥ̌̀͟͏͙̘̠̲̣̲͚i͕̗̭̳͗̿͋͊̈̄ͭ̑͜c̰͓̼̮͙̘̰̮̓́̀͢e̓ͥͣ ͎̼̫̇͜͡͞s̼̠̩̩̬͒ͦ̈̇̑͡,̗͊́̀̎̿̍̅ͮ͟ ̵̸̟͓̦͎̻̘͚̥́͡t̵͕͎̱̜̦̣̗̍̑̓́̌h̛̝̰͚̜͒́ͮḙ̷̛̹̩̣͖͙̃ͤͧ̌̿̒ ̲ ͓̾̽͒̈ͣ͊ͤ͝ͅs̶̻̬̣͈̤̯͑̑̒͋̽̉̈̿͘ą̶̹̻͈̣̘͂͒̔̍ͥ̀̽͞g̗͋̑ͨͨ͜ ̦͖̱̮̘̪a̰̜͔͉̍ͨ͝š̯̫͉̉̿͡ͅd̯̱̈̾̉̐͌͟s̢̿ͭ̂̄ͮ̂̎͝͏͕̬̲͎̣͚a ͚̖̤̠̜̞̃͐ͯ̐ͥ͟s̹̩̫̦̯͖̭ͧ̈͒̇ͨ͛͘̕. Jeff answers the questions. The jury listens. It all continues this SaME, INANE wAy AGAIN AND AGAIN for YeARS until Jeff sits down and the jury is left to decide. It all plays in his head AGAIN AND AGAIN, every time Judge Jeff looks down upon him. LooKS at HIM liKE hE's ALReaDY GUilty.

The jury comes back three minutes later, having already made their decision. Judge Jeff asks Jeff if the jury has come to a unanimous decision. Jeff responds affirmatively to the judge. They find Jeff guilty on all charges, and the death penalty is decided on.

Jeff takes Jeff away. He is the victim, he is the defense attorney, he is the prosecutor, he is the judge, he is the jury, and he is the executioner.

H̶̢͈͍̝̺̭ͤͤ̄́̂̋̒ͧ̏e͉̜̘̺̜̿̿̌̉̃̃̓́̋̕ ̷̙͖͕̫̜̩͔̣͔̓̽̈̅̔̅ͤ́̕͝p̱̯̪̟̼͇̦͓͋͛ͭu̟̝̼͎͌ͨ̏̍ͩ́l̓ͪ̒̍ͭ͘ ͖̰̣̀l̳̞̗̱͕̗̳͔̆͐̂̃ͫͪ̊̏s̨̞̩͔̯͚͖̱͗̇͑̈́ͩ̏̃ ̷̳̞̠̱̦̖̟̅̈ţ̷̯̇͗̄̽̀h̡̢͚͇͚͒̆̎̑̀ẹ̫̯͇̻̻̞͐͝ ̭͖͋̈́̏ͣ͐̈͞͡t͎̼͎́͋͌̂̋̐̀r̵̀͊ͣ̔̌ͩ͏̦̪̮į͔̪͈̠̠ͯ̈́̇͐̑ͦ͂͠ǧ ̧̤̫̬͖̘͎͂ͩ͑͌ͩ̚̚g̵͓̥̪͕̀ͣ̃è̵̾̄̾ͨ͢҉̱̥̳̳r̛̦͂ͤ.̮̖͉͒̈́ͣ̒͐ ̣

Neo Emolga

10-12-2016, 05:36 PM

I go to the Rolando Apartments and use the Iron Key on the Nondescript Iron Door.

I wonder why this key was in Koax's little space...

You wake up from what was clearly the most horrific, deranged, and chaotic nightmare you've ever had to face. When you come to your senses, you realize the room must have been booby trapped with some ungodly form of hallucinogen and you're not sure what, but it seems like it has passed by now.

When you open your eyes, you see the hallway you're in is the most chaotic, deranged, and hellish thing you may have ever seen. For a moment, you almost think the nightmare hasn't ended yet, but everything clicks back together in your mind and you realize the abysmal dream is over, although the horror is not. The walls, ceiling, and floor are flushed with hellish scribbles, satanic graffiti, and twisted image depictions that are clearly an extreme form of psychosis that makes absolutely no sense to you, but nonetheless, you are absolutely sure you have come across something extremely dark and vicious on a whole other level.

There seems to be another door before you, but it clearly seems to be the most deranged thing you have seen in Serenity Town, if not throughout the entire universe and the darkest pits of the most abysmal imagination. The door before you is in complete disorder, awash with images, words, chaos, and other psychotic elements. You examine it closely, though it stabs at your mind to do so.

You see a plaque on the bottom, and while all the other scribbled words make no sense to you, these, however, just stab in your mind just reading them:

NO, YOU'RE USELESS!!!!!

Locked Door {Disorder Door, Ω Omega Emblem, Empty Flower Slot, Missing Victini Statue Wing, Missing Wing Piece, Empty Coin Slot] has been noted in the Team Records.

You decide to quickly leave and return back to daylight and sanity...

LKWayvern

10-12-2016, 06:07 PM

http://i.imgur.com/4yw6eKt.png ...I had an idea. Search number 44, Serenity Town Bank.

The Nonexistent Tazz

10-12-2016, 07:18 PM

Chibi Altaria

10-13-2016, 12:58 AM

Neo Emolga

10-13-2016, 01:30 AM

Search (26) Serenity Town Windmill!

You arrive before the Serenity Town Windmill, which seems to be in good condition despite its age and the fact it has been around since Serenity Town was first established. Judging from the outside, it doesn't appear like anything is wrong about it and you do a check around the perimeter to search for anything suspicious or of interest, but you don't find anything that seems to stand out.

You then head inside where the windmill has a lot of mechanical moving parts that aren't currently in use, but they seem to be in good shape and it's obvious whoever has been in charge of maintaining it has been doing a good job. You suspect Adis personally saw to it that this windmill was kept in good shape.

Inside, you came across a white-painted cabinet tucked away in a corner of the room. When you try to open it, it appears to be locked. Meanwhile, there are two star-shaped holes by the handles and there seems to be an inscription here:

"Only when the Star of Mother Nature and Father Time meet will the doors open to redemption."

Container: {White Cabinet, Missing Mother Nature Star, Missing Father Time Star} has been noted in the Team Records.

You make one last check around the windmill, but you don't come across anything else that seems out of place.

Neo Emolga

10-13-2016, 02:27 AM

http://i.imgur.com/oJhrOxC.png I'll interview #36 Trinka the Lopunny

Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon Evolution Stage

You meet Trinka just outside of the home she shares with Srin the Mienshao. Almost right away, despite the hardships that have been going on around town, Trinka seems like a very encouraging and caring Pokémon that tries to make the best out of everything.

You introduce yourself to her, and she smiles back at you, welcoming you to her home.

"Hello there, Carly!" Trinka happily greets you. "What can I do for you?"

You explain the situation regarding the Stalkers and that you were informed she could help.

"Yes, I knew Adis," Trinka tells you. "Arceus rest his soul. He may be gone from this world, but he simply resides in another one. A better one. But you're right, we need to continue his work."

"I may just be the only one that knew the true nature of the Sin Purge Ritual," Trinka tells you. "It's a bit complicated and involves a lot of parts, but it will be worth it. As for the Stalkers...

Trinka takes a deep breath.

"Pokémon by day, demonic monsters by night," Trinka informs you. "This is the life of the Stalker. The demonic forces that inhabit their bodies use these once peaceful Pokémon as a conduit to carry out their evil deeds when the sun comes down. Adis had a name for them. Enthrallers. They give the conduits a taste of demonic power and energy under the guise of a wish, and then try to establish a symbiotic bond between conduit and Enthraller to create a Stalker... a Pokémon that carries out dark and demonic deeds under the guise of a once-trusted and normal Pokémon. Some Pokémon grow very attached to this new power and become tied to this dark enrapturing. The Enthraller gives them everything and then some to destroy the Pokémon they once loathed in life, making them feel like some kind of retributioner or heroic vigilante at first. But even when all of that Pokémon's old enemies have been wiped out, they simply create new ones, finding new reasons to hate Pokémon that may have done nothing wrong to them. Some Pokémon hopelessly surrender to it and continue to carry it out these dark orders, while others try to fight it to no hope and can't even beg for death because of the control the Enthraller has over them. And these Enthrallers take everything the Pokémon once loved... their passions, their livelihoods, their professions, and their interests... and utterly twists them into something horrible, ugly, and twisted."

"Adis taught me everything about them," Trinka tells you, feeling it's very important you know this also. "Once he knew the nature of the Enthrallers, he spent hours of research to find out ways to drive them out and perform a kind of exorcism on them. And that's how he uncovered the Sin Purge ritual. It is a strong, holy mass-exorcism that will forcefully drive the Enthrallers out of the conduits, destroying them and the demonic powers they have instilled in these Pokémon. The spell, however... does not keep the conduit alive because the dark power that has infested them takes its roots in their vital organs, but it will save their souls from damnation once the demonic possession is purged by the ritual."

"It has to be done," Trinka says to you with firm determination. "Carly, these Pokémon were deceived, but they shouldn't be denied the chance of salvation because of the lies the Enthrallers fed to them in the form of wishes and dreams. They were once like you and I and all the other Pokémon of Serenity Town, tempted and given the dark offer of power to unlock their wildest dreams by some infernal Enthraller that tricked them into becoming a killing puppet instead. But I have a feeling this is only the tip of the iceberg. In time, the source of these Enthrallers has to be found and destroyed to stop them from doing this to anyone else, but for now, we need to focus on the Sin Purge ritual to save Serenity Town before it's too late."

Trinka hands over a small white star stone to you.

Item: [Star Stone - Mother Nature] has been added to the Team Inventory.

"This is for a lock in the windmill cabinet," Trinka tells you. "In there, I'm sure Adis kept some of the tools for the Sin Purge Ritual protected. When you get a moment, please talk to my husband, Srin, when he comes home. The two of us were good friend of Adis, and I know Adis entrusted him with vital components of the Sin Purge ritual, also."

"Carly, best of luck to you and your friends," Trinka tells you with an optimistic and hopeful smile. "Arceus is watching over you. You and your friends can do this!"

Neo Emolga

10-13-2016, 02:47 AM

Unnerved by the weird coin, Lita decides to search #15--Sagin's house

You arrive at Sagin's House, which appears to be a small, rugged, one-story home. The house has seen quite a bit of age and is probably due for renovations, but it still seems to be a warm, welcoming place despite its age and worn appearance.

You start by investigating the interior. The dusty, aged house with its old and worn tables and chairs has several rooms, but most of them are unused and it looks like Sagin has more storage space than what he actually needs for his belongings. But you can tell the Camerupt likes to read many books, history in particular, but there are plenty of books on other subjects, also.

You then search the outside exterior. It does look like Sagin hires someone in town to do his yardwork, but you can tell they do a very rushed job and unfortunately, Sagin the Camerupt seems to be too old to notice it or do anything about it.

Besides these aspects, nothing else about the house seems to stand out or look suspicious.

Neo Emolga

10-13-2016, 03:06 AM

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http://i.imgur.com/9rj7bsw.png

Yikes. That interview could have gone a lot better.

http://i.imgur.com/WzzMzFl.png

Someone needs to take that Ꚛ Cross Circle Key back to unlock that Holy Gold Lockbox in the church.
Leave it to me!

You arrive back at the church and find the {Holy Gold Lockbox} that Adis was keeping safe under the bed in his living quarters. You insert the [Ꚛ Cross Circle Key] carefully into the keyhole, turn the key, and unlock the box with a sharp and satisfying clicking sound. You open the lid and immediately look inside.

Inside seems to be another red box. Right on the top, there is label:

"STALKER SAMPLES"

You carefully take out the smaller red box, open the red box's lid, and come across six glass vials with cork stoppers carefully held upright with one respective hole for each to be put into for display. You examine each one, and inside each glass vial, you find a trace of the Pokémon it belonged to.

- The first vial has a few strands of purple fur.
- The second vial has a blue scale.
- The third vial has a few brown hairs.
- The fourth vial has an orange scale.
- The fifth vial has a trace of a green leaf.
- The sixth vial has a few white hairs.

You carefully put the samples back in place, close the red box, and take it with you.

Item: [Stalker Samples] has been added to the Team Inventory.

EmeraldSky

10-13-2016, 03:47 AM

Neo Emolga

10-13-2016, 03:55 AM

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u175/Chakramasters/Pikachu%20icon%2011_zpsnwbzvqia.png Ok, so let's review. I've talked with Dassy. A Goodra that seems to be troubled with the times. However, she doesn't seem interested in talking about the Stalkers with just anyone. Which is odd. Giving the situation. Anyone trying to help with that should be happy to talk, but everyone has reasons. So I can't just assume things here. Gemma seemed to have an impact on her, but I'd be careful even still. Which lead to Daz and a hidden past which we may need to know

Mille was a bit of an oddball. I know we're all new around town here and I did catch her by surprise. Oddly enough....she completely threw another Pokemon right out there just because of their ability. We'll have to search Marce later on, but still not very positive to do that.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u175/Chakramasters/Pikachu%20icon%201_zpsmlpj1hab.png Anyway...for now I'll go and

Interview #45. Dari the Raichu about the Stalkers and ask about anything suspicious that happened recently (other than the deaths) Lastly, I ask about anything Dari can tell me about Adis

Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon Type (Electric)

You find Dari sitting on a wooden rocking hair on the front porch of her house. She seems calm and quiet when you first approach her. She looks at you with a bit of a surprise, having not expected company at the moment. You introduce yourself to her.

"Hello there," Dari replies with a quiet, gentle voice. "I think I might have seen you before when I was out shopping. Are you new to Serenity Town?"

You ask Dari the Raichu about anything suspicious happening around Serenity Town. She nods, slowly, and it looks like she might have seen a few things.

"Well, before I say anything else, I'm a financial advisor," Dari tells you. "I try to help Pokémon invest their money wisely, make good financial decisions, and that kind of thing. Some of the Pokémon in town weren't sure about buying places to live, stores to set up shop, and other big money choices like that, so I help them out based on what their needs are and earn a commission. Well, with most of the good spots in town already occupied, I tried to see if I could maybe start looking into real estate and flipping houses on the side. You know, buy low, refurbish, and sell high. Not to mention there are a few places in Serenity Town that are pretty ugly and I got tired of looking at them from a distance. I thought why not fix them up, sell them for cash to a happy new owner, and at least make this sleepy old town look a little nicer?"

"Well... I'm not sure if you've been to Quiet Creek Apartments, but I sure have..." Dari tells you, fidgeting a bit with her thunderbolt-tipped tail. "At first, I thought wow, this place is a wreck, I could probably buy it from the bank for really cheap! I asked the folks at the bank if they had an inspector available to come with me to check it out. Well, they didn't, but they gave me authorization to check it out myself, and if I liked what I saw, I could make a payment on it for the deed."

"Let me just say... someone's been living in there," Dari tells you, fidgeting some more. "Or doing something in there. Arceus help us. At first, I checked out the upper floors for about two minutes before deciding I didn't want to risk falling through the holey wooden floor anymore. I swear, that place is crumbling like peanut brittle. But it's the... basement that really got to me. I found a metal hatch in the floor and I didn't think anything of it until I saw it lead to a vault. Against my... better judgment, I decided to check it out."

"There's... blood everywhere down there," Dari tells you, looking like it was something she wish she could forget. "And there was this... door. My goodness. Demanding sacrifices for some... I don't know they were talking about, but it disturbed me to no end and I just ran out of there. I headed back home, just grabbed a newspaper, and tried to forget about what I just saw. I'll be honest, I haven't told anyone about it and I know I probably should have at least told Zick, but the last thing I want is for him to go down there and get himself killed. We can't afford to lose someone like him."

You ask Dari about Adis and what she knows about him.

"Adis... poor guy," Dari weeps a bit. "He so badly wanted to see Serenity Town become a much better place. Unfortunately, I never really met or talked to him much, save for dropping by a good morning or hello after church masses. It's upsetting to think I thought he had so many years of life laid out before him, and then before I knew it, he was gone."

"Sorry to be a downer," Dari tells you, "I just get tired and worn out sometimes, but I hope you understand."

Neo Emolga

10-13-2016, 04:09 AM

http://i.imgur.com/F1eM3k0.png

Searching #23 - Serenity Town Supermarket for potential clues on the crime scene...

You head to the Serenity Town Supermarket, which looks like it has done well over the years being the local retailer for not only the produce that Serenity Town's farmers create, but also for the outside towns and settlements.

When you check the interior, you see that now, a lot of the shelves are empty considering the roads to and from Serenity Town have been cut off. Merchandise is limited at the moment, but it looks like it's only a minor setback for now. The store itself seems to be in good shape and still has at least some things in stock to keep business afloat.

You check the outside perimeter, only you don't find anything that seems suspicious. You look over the crime scene area where Cina was murdered the other night. You don't find very much evidence, but you do come across a few brown hairs that seem to have been recently shed. You know they couldn't have been Cina's, so whoever they belong to might be one of the Stalkers...

SassySnivy

10-13-2016, 04:13 AM

Neo Emolga

10-13-2016, 04:23 AM

Search 11B, Daz's silo #2

You come across the second of Daz's silos. Like the first silo, this one has seen some use and weathering over the years, but it still seems to be in usable shape and may last a few more years before it needs to be repaired and renovated after depreciation.

You search around the silo, and tucked between two of the metal panels, you find an oddly shaped metal object that clearly doesn't belong here and isn't part of the silo itself. You grab it and wrestle it out, and find it is a key with a α Alpha emblem. You quickly take it with you.

Item: [α Alpha Key] has been added to the Team Inventory.

Pokemon Trainer Sarah

10-13-2016, 04:31 AM

http://i.imgur.com/0viDrT7.png I'll try using the [α Alpha Key] on the {Lockbox, α Alpha emblem} at (11) Daz's Greenhouse!

Suicune's Fire

10-13-2016, 05:30 AM

http://i.imgur.com/F1eM3k0.png

I guess I'll take the [Star Stone: Father Time] and [Star Stone: Mother Nature] and unlock the White Cabinet at the Windmill.

Scytherwolf

10-13-2016, 08:06 AM

http://i.imgur.com/oJhrOxC.png I'll search #22 Srin's House

Steven_Six

10-13-2016, 01:26 PM

VeloJello

10-13-2016, 02:06 PM

Regardless of what we decide to do with Millie, we need to start finding as much ritual stuff as is Pokemon-ly possible. Which means lots of searching.

Search (47) The Vordin Mansion (Abandoned)

Chakramaster

10-13-2016, 11:22 PM

Neo Emolga

10-14-2016, 12:37 AM

Noting that Shieldbearer canceled the assassination.

http://i.imgur.com/4yw6eKt.png ...I had an idea. Search number 44, Serenity Town Bank.

You arrive at Serenity Town Bank, which is definitely one of the more fancier and well-kept buildings in Serenity Town, even though it is somewhat isolated away from the center of town. The white stone walls, columns, and ornate designs definitely indicate that Leblanc is very rich and is avid to flash that fact around.

You search the interior of the bank, which is also ornate with its marble floors, fine oak furniture, and cleanliness. The bank doesn't have too much activity here, but as you can tell, it doesn't really need to. Without a doubt, financially it would be the last establishment to go under if Serenity Town suffered complete economic collapse.

Despite your searches, you don't find anything suspicious in the interior of the building. Some of Leblanc's financial practices may be legal, but aren't ethical, nor are they compassionate. From what you can find in the ledgers, quite a few Pokémon owe money to her and you definitely get a clear idea those debts won't be forgiven the charitable way.

You search the outside of the building, scoping the perimeter until you find a disturbance in the ground that looks like it the ground was dug up only recently. You remove the dirt from the area to find what appears to be a black stone in the shape of a starflower.

You turn it over and there seems to be an inscription on the back:

"...And then Death comes, the flower wilts, and fades to black."

You take the flower stone with you.

Item: [Black Flower Stone] has been added to the Team Inventory.

Neo Emolga

10-14-2016, 12:54 AM

http://i.imgur.com/IshIv88.png

THAT...Was a trip.

http://i.imgur.com/IshIv88.png

I have a bad feeling I shouldn't have done that, but hopefully the hallucinations are the worst of it. If not...Ehehe, well...Eh.

http://i.imgur.com/t4RW9qH.png

...I search #18, Casha's Pottery. I just kind of want to do something less...Exciting for a while after that.

You search Casha's Pottery, which seems to be a middle-class kind of establishment that Casha seems to keep impeccably clean despite the fact her business often involves getting her paws dirty all the time.

Inside, the store sells hundreds of pots, jugs, vases, bowls, cups, plates, and plenty of other clay containers in all kinds of sizes, shapes, collections, and arrangements. The store floor is absolutely devoid of any debris, dirt, and dust to the point of almost looking sterilized. The back rooms where Casha keeps her potter's wheel, sculpting knives and tools, and other pottery equipment are also very clean and it's clear Casha takes extreme care to make sure everything is impeccably clean after each use.

It also seems like her furniture is the same way, in that she can't seem to tolerate a single thing being dirty, even for just a short while. It almost makes you wonder why she became a potter considering it's definitely not a very clean profession, but you have a feeling her love and passion for sculpting are the only thing that outweigh her feelings about cleanliness.

You search upstairs in her living area, and while the desire for cleanliness continues up here as well, there isn't anything that causes any alarm. Her furniture is very neat and there isn't any trace of clutter in her living area.

You search the outside perimeter as well, keeping a lookout for any disturbances in the ground near the building. However, Casha's home and business are clean and don't seem to have anything that was stashed here recently.

The Nonexistent Tazz

10-14-2016, 12:56 AM

Neo Emolga

10-14-2016, 01:14 AM

http://i.imgur.com/90HVLpk.png

So I don't think this has been done, but someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

I use the XX Key on the Locked Front Door, XX emblem at (48) Diante's Guild (Abandoned). Hope that opens that nasty door!

You insert the [XX Key] into the keyhole of the {Locked Front Door, XX emblem}, turn it, and it unlocks the door. You then push the door to swing it open...

...and you're greeted with numbers. Numbers everywhere. All over the ceiling, floor, and walls, as if a math textbook exploded and its numerical contents splattered all over the walls in the form of chalk, charcoal, and paint digits, numerals, and mathematical equations.

But after a second look, you see patterns to the numbers. You're able to group them together and it seems to be a myriad of calculations behind them rather than thrown about violently and haphazardly without rhyme or reason. Statistics. Probabilities. Calculations. Tallies. Many of them don't make sense, but some of them seem to say something.

On one wall, it appears whoever was here was calculating time based on when sunlight came through the window at particular times of the day, gauging it against probability, and trying to employ confidence intervals, outliers, and other statistical records while logging the findings. Other walls have tallies of numbers, but the numbers represent things you're simply not aware of and you're not sure what they mean. Just looking at them makes you feel like they're a connection to the Stalkers, but you're not sure what the numbers are saying.

Amongst the many numerals, you find what appears to be a pair of large stone ears. You instantly recognize them as a Victini's with their long size and shape. You take them with you.

Item: [Victini Statue Ears] has been added to the Team Inventory.

Chibi Altaria

10-14-2016, 02:17 AM

http://i.imgur.com/fT0nKVy.png

Time to search! I wonder if I can get the...dirt on this lizard's farm. Hurhur.

Search (27) Prat's Farm.

AWA1997

10-14-2016, 02:17 AM

Interview #14 Jurak the Haxorus

Dash

10-14-2016, 02:42 PM

Well, since it just kind of got passed by and I feel like its important, I'd like to interview 47. Shawl the Bibarel.

Neo Emolga

10-14-2016, 03:00 PM

As I depart the house, I spot #16 Rashna. "Excuse me, but could you answer a few questions I have about recent events?"

I ask her about the recent events, explain what we have found so far, and if she knows anything that could help our cause into solving this mystery.

Interview Rapport: VERY POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon Type (Electric)
+1 Shared Pokémon Evolution Stage

You follow the leads that allow you to discover Rashna the Flaaffy is a reading and English teacher at the school. You meet with her just outside, and you introduce yourself to her.

"Why hello, Lita," Rashna greets you with a smile. "What can I help you with?"

You ask her about the situation with the Stalkers, and she nods with a slight grimace, knowing it's definitely a very grim subject for her. She sighs, looks away for a moment as she gathers her thoughts, and then looks back to you.

"These Stalkers will go after anyone," Rashna tells you, looking a bit pale. "From the older Pokémon to the very young. There's something very wrong with this town and I usually don't like to talk about it, but... you're right, ignoring the problem will never solve it."

She takes a deep breath.

"Many of the children that were killed died... because of drowning," Rashna explains. "I tried to ask Zick just what pray tell was going on and what he found, but all he told me was it was someone called Non. Non, I mean who the devil could that be? Who would want to kill children?"

"Since then, I've been warning the students not to go near the lake," Rashna sighs, looking distraught. "But they just don't listen. And they haven't been telling me much either. I'm not sure if they're trying to cover for someone, or if this... 'Non' just somehow keeps eluding their scrutiny."

She suddenly looks like she remembers something and then turns to a blue handbag she's carrying with her.

"Lita, there's something Adis told me to hold onto, but I'm not sure what it's for," Rashna tells you, handing you a silver candle. "He gave me this strange candle, telling me to hold onto it until he came back for it. It feels... so different from other candles I've seen, so I feel like there's something important surrounding it, but I just don't know what. Please take it, because I'm sure you probably have a better idea what it's for than I do."

Item: [Silver Candle] has been added to the Team Inventory.

"I think there are several other Pokémon in town that were given one of these," Rashna explains. "I know Sharine, Adom, and Verlisa got one and I think there were two others. I wish... Adis told me what these were for and I'm sure he meant no harm in keeping these a secret, but with him gone, we just don't have the knowledge he did. But hopefully you will be able to learn something we just couldn't..."

EmeraldSky

10-14-2016, 03:06 PM

"All right, thank you." Lita replies, pocketing the silver candle.

She then continues to (19) Doctor Rulend's Home--maybe some medical evidence would help?

Neo Emolga

10-14-2016, 03:22 PM

http://i.imgur.com/m93cMVk.png

Let's go and search these Quiet Creek Apartments to see what we can find. We might find a keyhole to a key we've already found for that basement, or maybe it doesn't need a key.

You arrive before the abandoned Quiet Creek Apartments, which, as Dari the Raichu described, look like they could just completely collapse any day now. Most of the wood has rotted, the paint has chipped and fallen away in thousands of flakes, and there is dust, debris, rusted metal, splinters of wood, and rubble everywhere. Not even Serenity Town's local squatters wanted to try going to this place.

You search around the perimeter, but don't find anything out of place besides the usual pile of rubble and junk. If anything of value still remained after the last tenant left, you figure it has probably long deteriorated in this forlorn derelict.

You attempt to search the main level, which seems to be more of the same. Empty rooms that were cleared out long ago and haven't been inhabited for ages are all that seems to remain here from a first glance. As for the upper floors, you manage to search them only because of your small size and light weight. Most other Pokémon would have easily fallen through the floor or never would have made it up the crumbling wood staircase. But, even with your accessibility to the upper floors, you don't find anything out of the ordinary besides many ruined rooms that you are pretty convinced you may be the last Pokémon to ever visit them before the building completely collapses on itself.

You then search the hatch entrance that Dari mentioned. The metal hatch has been rusted over, but it still opens easily, oddly enough, as if someone recently fixed it and repurposed it for their own intentions. You climb down a ladder into a dimly-lit tunnel and you find it's a bloody mess with blood stains and splatter thrown about. As you soon realize, the ladder can be lowered up and down through a switch on the wall. You do the math and learn this terrible place was used to entrap Pokémon before killing them. And you can tell that unlike the rest of the building, this place has been recently used, and doesn't look like it has been forgotten about...

You continue down the short, macabre tunnel and arrive before a large, metal door. The blood-splattered door has some kind of depiction on it, and when you take a closer look, you see the door has a smiling Raichu father, a happy and content Raichu mother, and a cheerful Pichu child standing between them, as if it were a family photograph. However, the two Raichu and the Pichu have a open slot right where their heart would be. Below the three of them, there is an inscription here:

"The Magnate of Madness demands the unholy sacrifice of father, mother, and child."

It seems something morbid is needed to unlock this door...

Locked Door: {Underground Hall of the Mad, Heart Slot x3} has been noted in the Team Records.

Neo Emolga

10-14-2016, 03:40 PM

http://i.imgur.com/0viDrT7.png I'll try using the [α Alpha Key] on the {Lockbox, α Alpha emblem} at (11) Daz's Greenhouse!

You stealthily sneak by Daz and insert the [α Alpha Key] into the {Lockbox, α Alpha emblem}. Carefully and quietly, you turn the key, and the lock disengages with a click. You carefully open the lid of the box and look inside.

Within the box, you find yet another key on top of a few papers. You take it with you can see there's a β Beta emblem on it. You take it with you.

Item: [β Beta Key] has been added to the Team Inventory.

Meanwhile, you sift through the papers and start reading them.

http://i.imgur.com/Cf62ca4.png

The other pieces of paper are just as disturbing. As you go through the box, paper after paper, journal after journal, seems to be more of the same kind of deranged, angry, and twisted documentary thrashing that depicts the same kind of mindless rage toward faces, signed with the familiar name "Shadefetch."

You quickly leave before anyone notices you've been here...

Neo Emolga

10-14-2016, 04:02 PM

NOTE: Just as a heads up, items that have been used up and don't need to be used again are getting removed from the inventory. This includes keys that have been used for locks. I don't want people to accidently think there's a second lock that requires the same key. :P

http://i.imgur.com/F1eM3k0.png

I guess I'll take the [Star Stone: Father Time] and [Star Stone: Mother Nature] and unlock the White Cabinet at the Windmill.

You take both Star Stones to the Serenity Town Windmill and insert them into place into the lock mechanism of the {White Cabinet}. Both stone fits and the lock disengages with a gentle click.

Items: [Star Stone: Father Time] and [Star Stone: Mother Nature] have been removed from the Team Inventory.

You open the cabinet and discover this is the secret place where Adis kept most of his exorcism tools. While some of them have been set aside, there is one item that stands out distinctively. It appears to be a silver and gold-trimmed canister that has a very heavenly and ornate appearance and design. You find a small, gold wheel switch on the side, and when you turn it, an amazing flame of pure, miraculous white fire lights up at the top of the canister and surrounds everything around you with a calm, tranquil, and comforting glow. When you let go, the flame extinguishes.

As you hold this holy fire lighter, you begin to truly feel this device has to be from some other, heavenly realm.

Item: [Ceremonial Fire Lighter] has been added to the Team Inventory.

Neo Emolga

10-14-2016, 07:01 PM

http://i.imgur.com/oJhrOxC.png I'll search #22 Srin's House

You arrive at Srin's modest-sized house near the outskirts of town. It's a small home that seems nearly forgotten about and has seen a bit of neglect over the years, but it's still intact.

When you search the interior, you can see that Srin and Trinka are a very happy couple. Their house, while small and perhaps a little worn-down, still seems like a cozy and welcoming place. The furniture, beds, rugs, and pictures on the walls may be a little secondhand in appearance, but it still feels like the home of a couple that may not have much, but are happy with what they have. It seems to surprise you that Srin, despite being the owner of the supermarket in town, simply prefers to live in a smaller home despite the fact he would have enough money to afford something better. So it leaves to question where the money goes.

You notice one empty room of the house, and it seems Srin and Trinka have kept it reserved for a child they simply haven't had yet. But from what you can gather, Srin and Trinka seem to love children and the simpler pleasures in life. You find that Srin is a song writer from the papers you find in his room while Trinka is more into flowers, gardening, and the like.

Outside, the conclusion about Trinka's love for gardening also holds true. You search around the property and come across a piece of paper tucked away into one of the cracks in the stone wall out by the garden. There is a message here that says "I'll be back for it soon." You take it out and it appears to be one of the thirds of the circle you came across before.

Item: [Design of the Sin Purge Circle, Piece 1 of 3] has been added to the Team Inventory.

You make one last check, but that seems to be all that you can find here.

LKWayvern

10-14-2016, 07:20 PM

Interview number 5, Verlisa the Glaceon.

Shieldbearer

10-14-2016, 07:33 PM

http://i.imgur.com/WXib097.png I consulted with my allies my next course of action. I shall investigate 21. Serenity Metalworks - a fitting place for one such as I.

Neo Emolga

10-14-2016, 07:38 PM

Interview 55. Lablanc the Liepard about any current debts owed to her, and her thoughts about those Pokemon. When in doubt, imply that I'd be looking for some money when this all goes away, and it's good to know what kinda trouble I'd be in if I were late...

Interview Rapport: NEUTRAL
-1 Super Effective Against (Fighting vs Dark)
+1 Shared Pokémon Evolution State

You confront Leblanc the Liepard in the center of town, introducing yourself before inquiring about her debtors and the terms and conditions of her business. She seems a bit skeptical about you at first, but still feels there is some merit to your proposition.

"Oh, there are plenty," Leblanc tells you with a smug grin. "Oh, nothing for you to worry about, darling. My terms are simple and fair, but there are many in debt to me that simply don't know how to read the terms and conditions and when payments are due. So when the consequences occur, well, they have no one to blame but themselves."

"Blak is one such example," Leblanc tells you with a smile. "That Zangoose was determined to start some hotel and casino, thinking Pokémon would naturally flock to it and gamble their life savings away, so I loaned him what he needed. Well, some patrons did, at first, but with his regular patrons destitute, his source of income was cut off and he has had to rely on more... well, interesting means of acquiring income. I told him I wanted the money for the loan payments, and his attempt to pay it off essentially has been only meeting half of the minimal balance and interest payments, never mind the late fee penalty charges. Oh, if he had been smart about it, he probably would have paid if all off by now, plus interest, but that's his debt, not mine. In was all in the contract."

"As for the others..." Leblanc tells you, smiling just thinking about it, "Smide owes me some money, Gloan is in deep with his gambling addictions, Fetcher and Ralice owe me quite a bit, Talag essentially declared bankruptcy not too long ago, and Voren and Clyde owe me some sizable amounts. Oh, I have it all on the ledgers. Those are the top culprits, but there are a few others that need to pay the piper!"

"Now, if you wanted to apply for a loan," Leblanc tells you, smirking a bit, "my terms and conditions are reasonable. Long-term five-year loans will involve a higher 20% interest rate, but might be more manageable to acquire the minimum monthly payment as opposed to the cheaper 15% interest short-term three-year loan, but you will be paying more Poké in time. If you can't pay the minimum month payment, well, the unpaid debt will be added to the future payments, interest accrued. And, if by some unfortunate chance the amount of your debt payment doubles the amount of the original loan amount because of missed past payments and fines, well, I have authorization to demand the liquidation of your personal assets to pay for such. It may sound scary, oh, but trust me, darling, I'm far more charming to deal with Kneed. Unlike that oaf, I don't make it a personal mission to have my clients hunted down and physically beaten for their debts. Borrow wisely, and we'll both benefit!"

"You know where to find me if you're interested, darling!" Leblanc smiles to you as she struts off. "I'll have the paperwork all ready for you!"

Neo Emolga

10-14-2016, 08:24 PM

#2 Bendra the Garchomp has been killed by the Stalkers.

http://i.imgur.com/k6Rz8Ap.png

Location: In Greenstone Park
State: Crushed

Zick looks at the crushed and mangled body of Bendra the Garchomp. The usually energetic and ambitious Jolten looks at the corpse with a very pale look on his face. Meanwhile, Adom looks upon the corpse, trying to draw a possible conclusion.

"How... did no one catch onto this!?" Zick exclaims to Adom, looking very stressed. "Cina, I could understand. Not too many Pokémon knew her and she didn't exactly have a large circle of friends. Plus the killer found a perfect opportunity to strike at her without getting scene. Same thing with Nulan and a lot of the others. But the mayor's wife!? In the middle of the park!?"

"I have already informed Pashner with the preliminary findings report," Adom tells the Jolteon. "I took care of the details and he already knows. You've got your hands full as is."

"Please tell me we both still have a job," Zick turns to Adom, looking panicked. "I didn't hear Pashner screaming all over town, so I'm not sure if that's good news or bad news."

"Pashner... seems to understand," Adom tells the stressed and anxious Jolteon. "But you're right, I anticipated him to be livid about this, but his reaction was mild compared to what I had expected. I don't want to speak too loudly, but the relationship between Pashner and Bendra wasn't-"

"Pray Arceus, please don't tell you're suggesting Pasher is-!"

"I'm not," Adom quickly interrupts. "There was plenty of animosity between the two of them before any of this happened. If anything, the situation with the Stalkers put an inevitable divorce on hold. But we can't... rule out Pashner as a possible suspect. We have both motive and with Pashner's strength and size, a possible cause of death. Not to mention Pashner was someone Bendra trusted. Or, at least to some degrees. Now, according to your findings, this would be Epitaph's work, wouldn't it?"

"...Yes," Zick nods, swallowing hard. "We... don't have very much about who Epitaph is, exactly. The signature matches Epitaph's pattern, but we just don't have any leads that are truly solid. I can say that this is the first time Epitaph has struck this high up on the food chain. It may not mean anything, or it may mean he or she is trying to up the ante and make it personal. I'm not sure what's going on in Pashner's mind, and if he's secretly plotting something or if he's just bottling up the real emotions here. If he even has emotions. This could be an attempt to strike at him, next!"

Zick examines the body one more time.

"So far, we don't have any witnesses," Zick explains. "Some Pokémon said there was some fog or mist around and no one saw anything during the night, not like too many Pokémon were out at that hour because of these killings going on. But I cannot possibly fathom what Bendra was doing up and about at that hour, though. She was perfectly aware of the situation regarding these Stalkers. Maybe she was being too arrogant, maybe she thought someone was watching over her, or... she could have been betrayed. And that doesn't rule out the fact Pashner might have been involved in some way..."

"There's too many possible theories at the moment," Adom tells the Jolteon. "All we can do is continue searching and hope we come across something before it's too late."

"That's what he said ten murders ago..." Zick mutters under his breath.

Steven_Six

10-14-2016, 08:26 PM

Neo Emolga

10-14-2016, 08:55 PM

Regardless of what we decide to do with Millie, we need to start finding as much ritual stuff as is Pokemon-ly possible. Which means lots of searching.

Search (47) The Vordin Mansion (Abandoned)

You come before the large Vordin Mansion on the outskirts of town. The large house has started to fall into disrepair and looks like it's long overdue for maintenance and renovations, but it's still at least capable of standing on its own.

You start by searching the interior. Oddly enough, walking through the house gives you unsettling vibes, as if the place is haunted. The atmosphere is unusually cold and you're easily beginning to see why the squatters chose the vacant Rolodon Apartment building across the street instead of this place. It's also no surprise why Vordin the Simisear must have left.

The Vordin Mansion is just downright creepy...

The mansion seem to have an unusual, black, tar-like substance trickling down the walls, in goopy piles on the floor, and dripping from the ceiling. And you're not sure what exactly it is or where it's coming from. It also smells unusually terrible, like a mix of decay and rotting eggs.

The cherry wood stain finish on the banisters, moldings, and hardwood floors has become a sickly mix of black and maroon, almost looking like the color of dried blood and scabs. Not a whole lot of furniture remains, but something has caused the wood to become warped and disfigured. Meanwhile, some of the metallic objects have become overrun with a red-pigmented rust.

You start searching from the attic, which has become a sickly graveyard of Vordin's abandoned furniture and crumbling family heirlooms. More of the black gel-like slime is here, and you're suspecting it has to be something about the roof that's the source of this disgusting goo. As you check the roof from the outside one of the broken, warped attic windows, it looks like the black roof tiles have been melting from the rain and any areas that had holes and water damage, which must have been quite a few in number, have become channels for this heavy, black goo to start dripping everywhere. You figure the filthy rainwater, rotting wood, and whatever these tiles were made of is probably what created this foul-smelling black goo.

You finish your search of the rest of the house. It appears Vordin probably left at a good time and most of the furniture in the house was cleared out. Whatever was forsaken and left behind has begun to crumble apart and has plenty of this black goo just plopping right on top of it, drip by drip.

After leaving the mansion, you search the exterior for anything interesting. You discover that the entrance to the basement is on the outside via a pair of metal, double rectangular doors. You open both of them and head downstairs via a cold, stone staircase.

You soon arrive before what begins to feel like the entrance to a dark, underground chapel, only there's a lot about it that feels and seems disturbingly twisted. However, before the hallway lets you proceed any further, you come across a dark, metal vault door that looks like it has the frozen, metallic depiction of Arceus, only the body is wretched and twisted, and it's missing its entire face. There also seems to be an inscription here.

"The SUNKEN God demands a face."

Locked Door: {Chapel of the SUNKEN God, Missing Face Left Half, Missing Face Right Half} has been noted in the Team Records.

You head out back into the welcoming daylight.

VeloJello

10-14-2016, 09:01 PM

I'll probably change this before it comes up, but search (37) Renner Farm

Neo Emolga

10-14-2016, 09:25 PM

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u175/Chakramasters/Pikachu%20icon%201_zpsmlpj1hab.png Well Dari was....interesting. I'll get back to her soon enough. For now...

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u175/Chakramasters/Pikachu%20icon%2018_zpsgjtubvml.png We need to have a talk with Prat. I think we know a lot about Daz, but what about this other farmer? Let's see what Prat knows or how they act when I press them.

I interview #43. Prat the Heliolisk. Asking I'll ask them about their farm and their relationship with Daz. Then I ask if they know anything about the bloody shears.

Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon Type (Electric)

You come to Prat's home where he's simply sitting in a chair on the wooden porch, sipping a cup of Oran Cider. He doesn't seem too overly concerned about anything, and despite the fact it's pretty clear from a first glance that the wheat field needs to weeded and there's work to be done on the house, especially a new coat of paint, Prat doesn't seem to care too much.

You introduce yourself to him.

"Eric, huh?" Prat shrugs, smiling a bit, but still kicking back in relaxation. "So, uh, wut's the occasion?"

You ask Prat about his farm and his relationship with Daz the Dragonite.

"Ah, well, I jus' have a wheat field," Prat smiles. "Wheat's outta season anyway, so I'll take care of 'em weeds... maybe in the Spring. Unless Tashy feel like doin' it. But she usually don't care."

"Eh, Daz does 'is own thin' an' I do mine," Prat tells you, taking another sip of Oran Cider. "He's jus' a grumpy ol' git who makes friends one day, goes changin' his mind, an' leaves 'em out to bake the next. I never really was friends wit 'im, though. I met 'im in town jus' the other day an' he was jus' givin' me dirty looks an' all. He don't trust me an' I jus' don't care."

You then ask Prat about the bloody sheers.

"Never seen those before," Prat tells you, looking a bit surprised. "Ya'll think one of 'em Stalkers used those? I mean, that's prob not beyond 'em, but I sure wouldn't wanna be kill'd wit' somethin' like that. If ya ask me, I'd say whoever used 'em had to have a good reason for ownin' 'em in the furst place. Dem's heavy duty sheers, an' I'll be, sure wouldn't need somethin' like that fer jus' plain ol' wheat."

"Ya'll let me know if ya wanna chat 'bout anythin' else," Prat tells you, taking another sip of Oran Cider before shutting his eyes. "Jus' don't go wakin' me up if I'm asleep, now."

Neo Emolga

10-15-2016, 12:38 AM

OK, I wasam going to talk to Zick, but honestly I just feel like searching places right now, something low-tension. Let's hit up #19, Doctor Rulend's Home.

http://i.imgur.com/t4RW9qH.png

Hello, Deputy Zick. Err, we're still recent here and we don't know everyone who's died. It might help to know a comprehensive list of Stalker Deaths, if you have one and we could have it.

Also, while I'm at it-what do you know of Adis? He seemed awfully active since the Stalkers arrived, from what we've heard.

...Oh, and I just thought of this, but I heard there was a watchman you tried to use to stalk out Non, the one who does the drowning? Who was the watchman, again? Sorry for so many questions, I fear that you might get on their hit list in a bad, bad way...

Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon Evolution Stage

You find Zick at the police station, still contemplating the situation regarding Bendra's death, but he takes a moment to speak with you.

You ask about the list of deaths related to the Stalkers. He nods, digging through his large pile of notes on his desk and thrown about.

"It's a little disorganized and don't mind the chicken scratch, but here's what I have," Zick shows you.

SHADEFETCH (Decapitations): Klad (Excadrill), Nawl (Croconaw), -Unknown- (Unfezant), Bensy (Farfetch'd), Takir (Farfetch'd), Mincy (Cinccino)

UNDONE (Eyes impaled, mouths lacerated): Ketter (Nidorino), Kinka (Swanna), Peesh (Pidove), Yassa (Vivillon), Cina (Chansey)

NTH (Creations): Domin (Vigoroth), Jass (Linoone), Fedder (Skiddo), Pash (Kecleon), Nulan (Mawile)

KOAX (Throat slitting, hearts removed): Dari (Pidgeot), Rustan (Charizard), Farsal (Panpour), Lavis (Frogadier), Doland (Watchog)

EPITAPH (Crushing): Pari (Infernape), Rem (Chimchar), Urst (Snorunt), Adis (Delphox), Nart (Quilava), Tissy (Ledyba), Vaw (Murkrow), Bendra (Garchomp)

NON (Drownings): Laxor (Machop), Burd (Magby), Kass (Purrloin), Vrall (Pawniard), Munit (Diggersby), Jabby (Tailow), Savis (Cubone), Husen (Teddiursa), Pulsis (Timburr)

"Now, these are just the known cases that we actually found and know of," Zick tells you. "Some of these folks used to live in the apartment buildings, were roommates, had homes of their own, were friends visiting from out of town, might have been staying in Serenity Town in the hotel, and everything along those lines. We had plenty of NTH and Epitaph victims that we still have no idea who or what they were, nor did anyone report them missing."

"I guess it doesn't help that Pash the Kecleon was the one who had the papers regarding where each of these Pokémon was from originally before we found his burnt skeleton just outside the hotel," Zick tells you. "His work passed to Nart, who had trouble working with the incomplete case files before he got killed by Epitaph, and I got them dropped on my back. So I've had to work with only bits and pieces of the findings. If there's a mistake in there, trust me, it wasn't intentional."

Zick sighs, knowing it must be a lot for you to take in. You ask Zick about the watchman sentry that was supposed to be overlooking the pond. Zick nods, and points to Munit's name on the list.

"Munit the Diggersby was the cop I had assigned to be a sentry," Zick tells you. "He lived at Sleepy Valley Apartments, right across from my own apartment, before all of this happened. Without a doubt, Non is pretty extreme. Look at all those dead kids! The Serenity Town school barely has any students left! We did our best to try and stop Non and Munit was pretty observant, but according to his reports, he didn't notice anything suspicious. He told everyone that came by the pond to keep out as he kept a lookout for Non. For a while, things seemed to be working, but then he turns up drowned in the lake. My only guess was he had talked to Non unintentionally and never even realized it. And since Non wanted to keep drowning kids, Non got rid of Munit."

"I just don't get it," Zick sighed, looking downcast. "Munit was a good cop and he knew what he was doing. Same thing with Nart and Pash, and now they're gone. Our entire police force now just has only two members left. It's just Adom and myself and we're barely able to control the situation!"

"As for the Stalkers coming after me, well, I wouldn't be surprised," Zick tells you. "Trust me, I don't do anything at night and I'm back in my apartment before the sun goes down. I used to love the nightlife, but trust me, that's not important enough to me to risk my neck at night. Thankfully, Sleepy Valley still has quite a few Pokémon around, so I'm never alone. Gloan is a jerk, but he definitely doesn't let anyone in after hours. He at least cares about security."

"I just wish I knew who Munit talked to," Zick looks away, wincing with regret. "Non had to be someone he just didn't suspect..."

Neo Emolga

10-15-2016, 01:00 AM

http://i.imgur.com/fT0nKVy.png

Time to search! I wonder if I can get the...dirt on this lizard's farm. Hurhur.

Search (27) Prat's Farm.

You head to Prat's Farm and start searching around the house.

From what you can tell, Prat and his wife Tashy would be Casha's worst nightmare. They're lazy, they leave a lot of clutter, junk, and garbage around the house and it looks like neither of them care enough to clean up after themselves. Dishes have piled up in the washtub, dust bunnies are scattered about, the windows are fogged with dirt and grime, and there is an old, musty smell throughout the house.

Prat and Tashy sleep in the same room, but there is a vacant room that the two of them have devoted simply for storage. Or in their case, wall to wall junk. You figure it would take days to clear everything out, and the problem is Prat and Tashy just seem unconcerned about it. Tashy also doesn't seem to be around very often either, leaving Prat to just loaf on the porch drinking himself to sleep.

When you check around the exterior of the house, you find what appears to be a white, stone flower that almost escapes your scrutiny, next to the back door stairs. You nearly mistake it for being a house ornament, but ironically, the fact it's clearer than the rest of the house separates it enough for you to figure out it's not a part of the house at all. You pull it off and see that the white, stone flower has an inscription on the back:

"For Life buds beautifully like the budding flower."

You take the stone flower with you, feeling as though it doesn't belong here and needs to go someplace else...

Item: [White Flower Stone] has been added to the Team Inventory.

The Nonexistent Tazz

10-15-2016, 01:22 AM

Hrm...interesting. It's only helped so much but it'll probably be important as time goes on.

I'll search 43a: Ryne's Farm Workshop.

Suicune's Fire

10-15-2016, 01:37 AM

Scytherwolf

10-15-2016, 06:29 AM

http://i.imgur.com/oJhrOxC.png I'll search #43c Ryne's Farm: Berry Patches

Neo Emolga

10-15-2016, 04:39 PM

Interview #14 Jurak the Haxorus

Interview Rapport: VERY POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon Type (Dragon)
+1 Shared Pokémon Evolution State

You find Jurak, the principal of Serenity Town School, heading home from school. You introduce yourself to him, and you can get the idea from his mannerisms that he is a very strict, authoritative, and no-nonsense kind of Pokémon. As you could imagine as a kid, detention in his office must be pure hell. You seem to have a good first impression on him, but you almost shudder to imagine what he might be like if you didn't.

"Hello, Anthony," Jurak addresses you with a seemingly neutral expression. "What did you need me for?"

You explain your situation trying to get to the bottom of figuring out who the Stalkers are, and how you've volunteered to serve as a private investigator for Serenity Town. Jurak nods, and it seems like he's willing to help.

"As morbid as it may seem, I know we have someone targeting our school children," Jurak informs you. "There's been many, many drowning cases, and the classroom sizes have practically been cut in half because of the sheer number of casualties. Now, I'm no forensic analyst, but I can't understand why anyone can't figure out what's going on."

He tries to recall some of the incidents that happened before you arrived.

"We thought the first case was simply a horrible accident," Jurak recalls. "Laxor, a delinquent Machop, was found dead at the pond. We mistook it for a swimming accident or something of that nature. Then Burd the Magby was found dead there, followed by a Purrloin named Kass. We first thought these were swimming accidents and we tried a recreational safety and awareness program, but then it was clear something else was going on. These were no accidents. These were murders."

"Now, something about these first cases seems to link together," Jurak tells you. "Laxor, Burd, and Kass were definitely not the nicest Pokémon. Trust me, I've had to deal with them on a personal level and Laxor and Burd were on the brink of being expelled for their unacceptable behavior toward both their classmates and their teachers. The rest were mildly abusive, all the way leading up to the latest incident involving Pulsis, who wasn't even that vile of a Pokémon. But because of all this, we've contemplated shutting school down for the rest of the year until this matter is resolved."

"Rike and Kash, despite being two deplorable Spearows that were even worse than some of those other children, somehow haven't been targeted," Jurak informs you. "We thought the pattern to killing off bullying Pokémon held true, but they're an outlier. They would have turned up dead with the first group if this theory held true. I don't want to see either of them die, but why would a Stalker killing all of these other children spare them? My only thought is simply because they never go near the pond, nor are they alone. They're usually with Saren the Rufflet, who just wants to fit in and make friends, and they seem to have some kind of friendship with Sonta, one of the teachers. But that's a whole other issue."

"That's all I know at the moment," Jurak tells you. "All of these drowning incidents happened outside of school hours, so my knowledge about what happens around Serenity Town outside of school aren't things I am completely aware of, but this is what I do know."

Shruikan

10-15-2016, 06:24 PM

OK, umm, I don't think anyone's searched (29) Shawl's Cafe yet, so I'll search there.

Neo Emolga

10-15-2016, 08:20 PM

Well, since it just kind of got passed by and I feel like its important, I'd like to interview 47. Shawl the Bibarel.

Interview Rapport: NEUTRAL
+1 Shared Pokémon Type (Water)
-1 Super Effective Against (Fighting vs Normal)

You find Shawl, the owner of Shawl's Cafe, just outside of his restaurant. You approach him and introduce yourself. The expression on his face seems to be one that tells you he used to be a very jovial Pokémon, and his pained smile clues you in that he is really hurting inside.

"Well, hello there, Dash," Shawl addresses you. "How are you?"

You tell him about the investigation looking into the Stalkers. He nods, but it seems to be a subject he's had a lot of trouble talking about lately.

"It's hard to be... me in a time like this," Shawl tells you. "You see, I used to love waking up and greeting each new day. I used to laugh with my customers, talk about how things were going with them, and it seemed everything in life was perfect. And then... this all happened."

"My business is dying, my entire restaurant staff has been killed, and now I'm... I'm more alone than ever before," Shawl explains. "I don't know where I'm supposed to go from here."

"Adis kept telling me things would be okay," Shawl explains to you. "And I really thought he had things under control. I offered to help him, and he gave me something he wanted me to hold onto for safekeeping. Well, I still have it, but..."

Shawl fidgets a bit, looks to you, and nods before he goes back into his restaurant, pulls something out of a cabinet, and gives it to you.

"I guess... there's nothing left to lose by giving this to you," Shawl tells you, handing you a silver candle. "Normally, I would have only given this back to Adis or to someone he really trusted but... well, the number of Pokémon that fill those roles has dropped to almost nothing. I guess there's no harm in giving it to you, since I can't use it and it'll never be used for whatever it was supposed to be for sitting in my cabinet."

Item: [Silver Candle] has been added to the Team Inventory.

"I keep telling myself things will get better," he sighs. "Well, at least part of me does. The other part just, well, thinks maybe I'm not supposed to make it through this. And there are times at night when I just lay in bed, restless, and all of a sudden I miss everyone..."

Neo Emolga

10-15-2016, 10:39 PM

"All right, thank you." Lita replies, pocketing the silver candle.

She then continues to (19) Doctor Rulend's Home--maybe some medical evidence would help?

You come to Doctor Rulend's home with the intention of trying to find as much medical evidence as you can. From the outside, the gray-stone house seems normal, although isolated in its own spot in town with vacant lots on all sides, save for the park which begins behind it.

The exterior of the house seems normal, although it seems strange no one ever built anything within close proximity to the house. There is some plausible thought that no one wanted to be living too close to him due to his natures. Still, you don't find anything around the property that would insinuate that there's something suspicious going on.

You check the interior of the house and find there are many journals, medical textbooks, and the like. But one thing you find that most Pokémon don't seem to know about is his love for puzzles, which might also explain his life desire to be a doctor. In some areas of his house, you find word searches, crosswords, and brain teasers, as well physical puzzles involving blocks, rope, and the like. During your investigations, you find one of the familiar ivory bowls here in plain sight, with a note of "Adis" and nothing more. You decide to take it, although it seems unusual considering all of the other ivory bowls that were found were slightly hidden. It almost seems Rulend didn't believe there was much worth behind the bowl.

Item: [Ivory Bowl] has been added to the Team Inventory.

You then come to Rulend's home office, where his medical journals are. Many of them are regarding treatments, medical practices, and the like, but you do find a more recently-used journal that is on the top of Rulend's desk.

Entry - 10-4
Subject: Officer Nart, Quilava

Officers Adom and Zick have requested my assistance in determine cause of death with some of the more recent "Stalker" cases. They attempted to get my assistance with the previous victims, and while I was able to give them a general cause of death, the bodies were far too decomposed to make a full medical evaluation. Not to mention there were far too many and my medical staff is limited.

Officer Nart was one of the more-recently killed victims that Deputy Zick claimed was murdered by "Epitaph," a known "Stalker" alias. Cause of death was difficult to determine with the body wholly destroyed, but the level of bodily damage easily indicated "Epitaph" didn't just want the victims killed. They wanted them destroyed beyond all reclamation, linking to a type of psychological profile that "Epitaph" is acting out some kind of fantasy of violence. Zick's reports of "Epitaph" claiming these Pokémon were "just meat," implies a psychological state that simply killing these Pokémon was not enough, and that wholly destroying them was part of some additional objective.

Officer Nart was crushed with a heavy, blunt like object, though I was able to discern that the initial cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head. Reading Nart's case file indicated that Nart had several accreditations and was highly decorated as a police officer in the force.

Entry - 14-7
Subject: "Epitaph" Prognosis Evaluation

After further research into the records of "Epitaph's victims, I have discovered my original conclusions aren't what I had anticipated. To perform the kinds of murders that "Epitaph" has done, it would take an extreme amount of indifference for both the sanctity of the Pokémon's body and the value of a Pokémon's life. It is clear that the killer's desire is beyond the kill itself and that some byproduct is necessary for some unknown objective. Wanton and complete destruction of the remnants may be the killer rendering judgment upon what they feel is "unneeded" byproduct of what the kill what originally intended for.

The nature of the victims almost implies randomness, so I was able to rule out that there is any selective killing going on besides killings of opportunity. With the signature of "just meat" as a pattern to what is usually found at the crime scenes, I have concluded that "Epitaph" is not concerned with who is killed, but what they're killed for.

When I examined the bodies, I noticed certain parts were missing and not accounted for even among the crushed components. It leads me to believe these parts were removed prior to the complete destruction of the body while the remainder was wholly destroyed as "just meat," perhaps implying that the remainder is of no use to them. This means only certain components of the bodies hold value, but I cannot determine why there would be perceived value in these particular missing body parts and organs. My only conclusion is there is some other intention for these "raw materials" while the rest are judged by them to be "just meat."

You flip through the remainder of Rulend's journals, but most of it reinforces what was already stated in the Prognosis Evaluation.

Neo Emolga

10-15-2016, 11:14 PM

Interview number 5, Verlisa the Glaceon.

Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon Evolution Stage

You arrive at Verlisa's Treasures to speak to Verlisa. She doesn't seem particularly busy at the moment, so when you introduce yourself, she welcomes the opportunity for a chat.

"Hello there, Laura," she smirks at you. "How's life?"

You explain how you're investigating the nature of the Stalkers, and she nods.

"I guess I consider myself lucky!" Verlisa tells you. "Somehow I'm still alive. I guess I'm either lucky or just not a concern to them. Probably both."

"Have I noticed anything unusual going on?" she nods. "Let's just say I have a great view of the park, and I've seen plenty of weird things going on around there. I'm pretty in tune with the news around town, so when there's been a murder, I know about it pretty quickly."

"There's always been mist and fog in the park just before a kill," Verlisa explains. "And it always happens at night. That's not mother nature doing that, that's a Pokémon doing that on purpose! It's also not a normal fog, either. Call me crazy, but one day, probably against my better judgment, I took a few steps into the park when the mist was out and took a whiff."

"It felt almost... hypnotizing," Verlisa tells you. "It actually felt kind of comfortable and I almost kept walking into it. It was actually a struggle to tell myself not to be stupid and turn around, but I was at least far enough away from the source to pull back and get out of there. I'm glad I did, and I told myself do not go near that mist. It had to be a trap!"

"One more thing," Verlisa tells you, quickly grabbing something from her cabinet. "I don't know why, but I found this the very night before Adis died."

She then places a silver candle before you.

"He must have dropped it or something," Verlisa explains. "It was just outside the park when I found it, so I'm thinking Adis had it with him that night. I'm wondering maybe he came in contact with the mist and lost his grip on it when he got drawn into the fog. Either way, I tried to figure out what it's for, but I've given up with that. Maybe you know something about it that I don't."

Item: [Silver Candle] has been added to the Team Inventory.

EmeraldSky

10-16-2016, 12:04 AM

Lita copies the relevant notes and searches 24. Gillian's Textiles

Neo Emolga

10-16-2016, 12:23 AM

http://i.imgur.com/WXib097.png I consulted with my allies my next course of action. I shall investigate 21. Serenity Metalworks - a fitting place for one such as I.

You arrive at Serenity Metalworks, owned by Joff. The front of the building seems to be well-constructed and you have the feeling Joff is definitely capable of making his own repairs and renovations when his house is in need of them. It also clues you in that Joff is very hard-working and strives for quality over quantity.

The interior of Serenity Metalworks is a very orderly and well-kept hardware store, easily superior to what Dassy has. Joff has more merchandise, forged tools that are of better quality, and he knows exactly how to work metal much better with his years of experience. You don't seem to find anything immediately out of the ordinary, although it appears the bloody shears found at The Willow Tree Cafe were likely originally created here.

You then search the exterior of the building, which also reflects Joff's work ethic and commitment to keeping a respectable property and real estate. The grounds are well-maintained and there doesn't appear to be anything run down or broken at all. You have the feeling that as soon as something is in need of renovations, Joff quickly repairs it himself and doesn't need to hire anyone else to do the work for him.

The exterior doesn't seem to reveal anything suspicious, however.

Neo Emolga

10-16-2016, 12:39 AM

Shaking off all the legal jumbo that just flooded my ears, I realise... Hey! We have the [β Beta Key] for the {Locked Cabinet, β Beta emblem}! So, I dash off to Daz's Greenhouse, Silo#1 to pop the lock.

You use the [β Beta Key] on the {Locked Cabinet, β Beta emblem}. The lock disengages with a heavy click, and you swing open the metal doors.

You're immediately greeted with a very appalling sight. You find Daz's collection of garden tools, but a good majority of them haven't been cleaned for quite some time, if ever. Some of them are smeared with mud, dirt, and plant matter like leaves and stems, but the heavier, sharper tools have blood splatter on them. And they seem to be in a wide variety of sizes. You're very convinced that there's at least one bladed tool available for removing the head of any Pokémon's size and shape from the small to the large and fully evolved.

Upon closer examination, you find there's something on the back wall of the cabinet. By moving the bloody tools aside just a bit, you start seeing angry messages scratched into the back wall with what must have been something very sharp and bladed. You see the enraged scratches form words, along with some traces of blood that must have still been on the blades used to slash in the messages. You see one instance of "miserable faces," followed by "erase the laughter" and "no choices, no voices" as just a few of the deranged messages that seem to be here.

You shut the doors, not sure if you'll be able to get the sight of this out of your head any time soon...

Neo Emolga

10-16-2016, 01:14 AM

I'll probably change this before it comes up, but search (37) Renner Farm

You arrive at the abandoned Renner Farm, which looks like it hasn't been used in decades. The main farmstead is, to say the least, in very bad shape. A lot of the wood has rotted and has broken away, and there isn't one window that hasn't been broken. Meanwhile, the house looks very dark in the inside. Quite a few plants have also wrapped themselves around the outside walls, making it look as if they're choking and trying to strangle it.

You search the interior of the farmhouse, which has only remnants of a wooden floor that has broken apart and has been overtaken by weeds and other wild plants. Many of the walls have cracked and have been peeling apart for years due to the weathering down from nature. There isn't much light inside, and the only things that seem illuminated are from sunlight. A lot of the wooden furniture is very dusty and dirty while the blankets and quilts are filthy.

When you search the main level, there is more of the same dusty and dirty furniture, but it isn't until arrive at the crumbling kitchen does something else seem to be going on. You seem to see several footprints in the dust coming from the backyard entrance, as if someone else has been here recently. You follow them and they take you to the basement.

Once you head down the stairs, you come to a cold, creepy underground chamber. At the end of the dark hallway, you come across a large, heavy metal door that doesn't look like it was supposed to be part of the original house's construction, but is here now. Some light comes in through a small, rectangular window near the ceiling, giving you enough light to see your surroundings down here.

On the metal door itself, there seems to be depiction of a Pikachu, looking as if about to stand trial with a look of anxiety on his face. Surrounding him seems to be many dark, vague, and incriminating faces among the shadows.

Just below the Pikachu, there seem to be three empty, circular slots.

There seems to be an inscription here.

"The SUNKEN Chamber opens for no one that is unwilling to render despair, anguish, and damnation upon the innocent."

The very sight of it gives you the chills...

Locked Door: {The Judgment Basement Door, Despair Slot, Anguish Slot, Damnation Slot} has been noted in the Team Records.

LKWayvern

10-16-2016, 01:18 AM

Neo Emolga

10-16-2016, 01:29 AM

Hrm...interesting. It's only helped so much but it'll probably be important as time goes on.

I'll search 43a: Ryne's Farm Workshop.

You investigate Ryne's Workshop, which from the outside, looks a little worn and shabby, but in a casual and "was never meant to be formal" kind of way. There are several tools, materials, and things scattered about like boards of wood, nails, metal rods, and the like scattered about, but nothing seems alarming. It simply looks like the work of a Floatzel that simply doesn't care about cleaning up after himself.

You search deeper, and you find something you didn't expect to see here. You locate a distillery in a hidden corner of the workshop, and it looks like Ryne has been brewing alcoholic drinks here on the side, possibly as an additional source of income. Meanwhile, in some of the wooden cabinets, you find Ryne's camping equipment, and it's clear to you that Ryne seems like a casual Floatzel that likes brewing and the great outdoors. In the meantime, you find most of this equipment looks like it has seen quite a bit of use over the years, and it doesn't look like Ryne cares all that much about cleaning it or patching it up for the next use.

You search the exterior of the workshop, but nothing really seems to stand out. It looks like Ryne was possibly working on building some kind of plowing device, but it looks like he got lazy with it and hasn't picked it up in quite some time.

VeloJello

10-16-2016, 01:38 AM

shucks i wanted to do it

Let the searching continue! Search (46) Golden Brown Bakery (and someone please yell at me if they are doing so already)

Neo Emolga

10-16-2016, 02:26 AM

Interviewing 11. Rike the Spearow

http://i.imgur.com/F1eM3k0.png

Hello, there! Are you a student? If so, can you tell me anything about your classmates at all? Did you know any of the ones who were found drowned?

http://i.imgur.com/F1eM3k0.png

Also, did you ever come across Munit guarding the lake? If you ever saw him with someone at all like students, or any parents who seemed like he trusted? Anyone who kept coming back and talking to him?

Interview Rapport: NEUTRAL
-1 Immune (Ghost to Normal)
+1 Shared Pokémon Evolution Stage

You approach Rike, who truthfully looks like quite a bratty Spearow. He looks to you, wondering what you could possibly want.

"Uhh, yeah, Xanthe," Rike snickers. "My classmates are idiots. All of them. You'd think that stupid Principal Jurak and the teachers would have canceled school by now. They really ought to lose their jobs, heh."

It kind of looks like he doesn't really want to talk to you, but after mulling around a bit, he seems to discuss it anyway.

"Laxor was kind of a mean badass," Rike smiles. "The meanest kid in the entire school! He didn't take crap from anybody. Not even Miss Sonta, who really hated that kid, heh, heh. But yeah, Laxor would punch and kick everyone all the time. Except me, of course. First time he tried, I nearly pecked his eye out. We both got detention, but it was worth it. Thankfully, they hated him more than me. I got to leave early."

"As for Burd, he was just dumb," Rike starts to think. "Tough n' dumb. That dumbnut Magby had no friends, but he wasn't messed with. He liked to break stuff too. Burn stuff and break stuff. He set a desk on fire just because Miss Rashna gave him an F for telling her he wished a Bouffalant would take a dump all over her face. What a tool."

"Now Kass was kinda cool," Rike grins. "She was such a cheater, but she was good at it. Then Jabby died, but he was just annoying and stupid. Savis... I didn't know much about him. Same thing with Husen and Pulsis. Any of those other dead kids were just whatever."

You ask Rike about Munit and what's been going on at the lake, but he seems to shrug.

"Munit," Rike shrugs. "I don't know squat about any 'Munit.' I never go by the lake because it's just boring. Rumor has it some of the hobo Pokémon go there to pee. That's just nasty."

He then flies off to catch up with Kash and Saren.

Neo Emolga

10-16-2016, 02:56 AM

http://i.imgur.com/oJhrOxC.png I'll search #43c Ryne's Farm: Berry Patches

You arrive at the field where Ryne grows his berries. It's about an acre in size.

You see he has been growing a wide variety of berries for all kinds of uses. Generally, most of the berry bushes seem to be growing well, but there are a few that just aren't. You start to notice a pattern that it seems like only the berries that require a minimal amount of care seem to be doing the best while some of the more fragile variants that need more attention and nurturing are dying or are just not growing nearly as well as they could have been.

You can also see there is a half-completed project to build watering channels to water all the field rows at once from a single location, meant to save Ryne time by allowing him to pour a large quantity of water at one central spot rather than have to go row by row and water everything individually. From what you can gather, it doesn't seem like he's done any work on it for a while.

Besides that, you don't see anything out of the ordinary. You make one last check to see if any ground has been disturbed here recently, but it seems like everything is normal.

Neo Emolga

10-16-2016, 03:13 AM

OK, umm, I don't think anyone's searched (29) Shawl's Cafe yet, so I'll search there.

You arrive at Shawl's Cafe, which looks like it used to be a happy and relaxing place to go, only now it appears to be very empty and forlorn. The outside of the building still seems to be in good shape, but it doesn't look like Shawl has been running the business due to his sudden lack of staff.

You search the inside, and in the cafe's interior, you find that things seem to be in a state of limbo. It seems like all it would take to get Shawl's cafe up and running again is just a few employees, but he just hasn't been able to bring himself to do it given the current state of things.

After heading upstairs into the apartment where Shawl lives, you find it to be a cozy and welcoming place. While it isn't very large, the atmosphere, furniture, decor, and layout of the rooms is bright and relaxing. From some of the books you find on his bookshelf, you see that Shawl has quite the collection of joke books, game books, and similar light hearted reads to help him come up with ways to have a good time. He also has playing cards and other games, which looks like they used quite often during parties and better times.

In another room, you find Shawl is into wood carving, and is quite good at it. A lot of the models, figurines, and other decorative objects he's created would definitely require a lot of skill, experience, and steady hands to be able to pull off. Meanwhile, he has quite a large workbench and a lot of carving tools to use.

You head outside and search around the exterior of the building. At first, nothing seems to raise any alarms, but then you see a familiar object, plugged into the ground, made to look like it's a part of the house when it isn't actually attached. You examine it closely, pull it out of the ground, and you see it looks very identical to the other two key daggers that were found earlier. You take it with you.

Item: [Sacrificial Dagger Key] has been added to the Team Inventory.

You don't find anything else that seems to cause suspicion, so you head out.

The Nonexistent Tazz

10-16-2016, 03:18 AM

Neo Emolga

10-16-2016, 03:36 AM

Lita copies the relevant notes and searches 24. Gillan's Textiles

You arrive at Gillan's Textiles, which is a nicely well-maintained, middle-class store made of dark-stained wood. You search the inside of the store, which has hundreds of blankets, quilts, bed sheets, pillows, cushions, and many other similar items available for sale. The many available colors, designs, and varieties fill the store with quite a lot of eye-catching color.

You find it's quite easy to lose track of time by browsing through all the merchandise. You find that Gillan the Snivy definitely enjoys her work and is quite skilled at it.

Meanwhile, in one corner of the room, you find a cream-colored quilt rolled up on one of the many wooden display shelves, but something looks suspicious. You take a closer look, and you notice that there's something that doesn't look like it quite belongs, but was hidden here and was made to look like it was part of this very quilt. When you grab it and pull it out, it seems to be a piece of paper that used the quilt to camouflage and hide it...

http://i.imgur.com/qW5uqYs.png

The =Sin Purge Instructions, Part 2= have been noted in the Team Records.

You continue to search the rest of the store, including the work area that Gillan has in the back. You find she has quite the variety of fabrics, sewing needles, sewing tools, and fillings to make a wide variety of fabric items and just about anything she can dream up. You find some ledgers for orders, including custom orders. It seems Ryne has a custom order for his wife, Sharine, celebrating their 5th anniversary. Meanwile, Kile has a quilt order waiting to be made for Nashelle, who seems to be his girlfriend considering the order has hearts, flowers, and the message "Love you forever, babe."

You search the upstairs level, which has Gillan's apartment. From looking at the room layouts, you get the feeling that Gillan is very relaxed and easy going Pokémon. Most of her furniture and belongings are the simple kind that aren't too expensive, but still have some style. You also find she's into dancing and enjoys volleyball.

You then search the exterior of the building, and it doesn't seem like anything major is out of place. It does look like there are a few weeds that Gillan needs to take care of, but other than that, you don't find anything that would raise any alarms.

Neo Emolga

10-16-2016, 04:17 AM

http://i.imgur.com/cdQXXSL.png R-right... I'm putting the Coin of Despair, the Coin of Anguish, and the Coin of Damnation in the slots of the Judgement Door... Bracing myself for anything inside, I guess?

The Emissaries send you, Laura, the Umbreon with the strongest stomach ever, to place the [Coin of Despair], the [Coin of Anguish], and the [Coin of Damnation] into the slots of the {Judgment Door}.

You start with the [Coin of Despair]. As you hold the coin with the Pikachu covering his face in tears and sadness, you feel as if that same Pikachu's sadness is flowing into you, almost making you quiver with depression. The coin slides and locks perfectly into place.

You then continue with the [Coin of Anguish], carrying the depiction of a Pikachu overwhelmed with frustration and agony. Just holding the coin makes you feel pings of aggravation and dark disturbance. You are pushed to hurry up the process and you shove the coin into place. It locks in perfectly.

You the insert the final coin. The [Coin of Damnation], with the disturbing depiction of a Pikachu being swallowed by merciless shadows. Simply just touching the coin forces you to steel yourself against the disturbing, evil feeling of darkness coming from it. Despite your fears, you show no hesitation in putting the third coin into place. Like the other two, it locks in perfectly.

Items: [Coin of Despair], [Coin of Anguish], and [Coin of Damnation] have been removed from the Team Inventory.

You step back and your heart is racing and hammering in your chest. And then, all of a sudden...

PIIKAAAAAAAAA!!!-AAAA!!-AAA!-AA-A...

The traumatized, haunting, and echoing cry of a Pikachu suddenly wails out and fills you with the most agonizing and guiltiest feeling you have ever felt in your heart and soul. It forces you to recoil and to step back, but as you do, the door slowly begins to open. But still, the cry lingers on in your mind, and you aren't even sure where it came from...

With the door out of the way, you continue down the hall and come before a large open chamber made of cold stones. The room is filled with a red, hellish glow, and you're not even sure what is creating this infernal illumination. But before you, you see what looks like a horrific slaughterhouse and the smell of blood instantly overwhelms your nostrils.

In one area, you see a large, blood-splattered workbench. Organs and entrails are thrown about in all places, and it looks like a large pile of body parts has been discarded and left to rot. Up above, a bloody message on the wall, in thick, bold letters, reads:

"NOTHING BUT ONLY THE BEST FOR MY MASTERPIECE."

The bloody letters disturb you, but nonetheless, you continue your search, trying hard to not throw up at the sight of it all. It clearly looks like this is the work of Epitaph, and in this macabre workshop, they've been using a wide variety of sharp, jagged, and twisted tools to get to some organs while discarding a vast majority of others in a pile labeled "just meat" and another as "unfit meat." It even looks like whoever did this ungodly work mashed up the "unfit" meat into a morbid paste.

In one of the back corners of the room, you find what almost looks like half of a metal mask, proudly on display. Upon closer inspection, you see the exact face in question is Arceus's... if Arceus was a deranged, soul-eating zombie. The back of it has several notches and protrusions, implying it seems to be a key of some sort. You take it with you...

Item: [Left Half of the SUNKEN Face] has been added to the Team Inventory.

...and you get the hell out of there.

EmeraldSky

10-16-2016, 04:17 AM

Excited about finding the other half of the ritual instructions, Lita stashes it in her bag and the hurries to 28. Dari's House

Suicune's Fire

10-16-2016, 08:24 AM

http://i.imgur.com/F1eM3k0.png

Searching #39 - Adom's Home.

Neo Emolga

10-16-2016, 04:04 PM

shucks i wanted to do it

Let the searching continue! Search (46) Golden Brown Bakery (and someone please yell at me if they are doing so already)

You come to the Golden Brown Bakery, which from the outside, looks like a very welcoming place. Despite the calamities brought on by the Stalkers, business still seems to be stable for the most part. The exterior of the building is made of a nice, oak wood that is in pretty good condition. Meanwhile, the pleasant smells for the bakery seem very enticing. You can tell Clyde the Hawlucha seems quite proud of his business and he definitely wants to keep it in good shape.

You search around the exterior of the building, but don't seem to come across anything that looks out of place. One thing you do quickly notice is that Millie the Vaporeon works here as a day job. Despite what was found about her, she seems effective at baking and knows what she's doing, but it seems like she doesn't enjoy the job too much and does it simply to pay the bills.

You search the interior of the building, and it looks very well stocked with a lot of flour, sugar, eggs, and other necessary baking goods, as well as plenty of ovens, bowls, and other equipment. On a bulletin board, you find an interesting note.

"Found this strange strip of paper thing while cleaning last night. Is this yours, Clyde? ~Millie"

You find a response note right under it.

"Not sure where it's from, but I'll hang onto it for now. Thanks for checking, Millie! ~Clyde"

You proceed to search upstairs in Clyde's apartment. It seems like Clyde is the confident type and has a love for cooking with his collection of cookbooks, but he also seems to have a lot of books regarding psychology and negotiation. His furniture is also pretty well-maintained and it seems like he keeps the place quite clean.

You don't seem to find anything else inside that would raise any alarms.

VeloJello

10-16-2016, 04:15 PM

Neo Emolga

10-16-2016, 06:51 PM

I use the three Sacrificial Dagger Keys at the Mother, Father and Child Heart Doors at the Underground Hall of the Mad, at Quiet Creek Apartments.

Back to the ugly nitty-gritty, I suppose. I hope I build resistance to the crazy mind screw drugs.

https://s5.postimg.org/tj6fmgo5j/Emolga_Alarmed.png

You sure are a very brave soul, Jeff!

You arrive before the {Underground Hall of the Mad}, and insert one [Sacrificial Dagger Key] into each of the three cold, metal slots.

Items: [Sacrificial Dagger Key x3] have been removed from the Team Inventory.

Driving each of the dagger keys into the slots makes your blood run cold for just an instant. A chilling stillness fills the dismal, stone hallway for just a chilling moment before the heavy, metal door suddenly slides into the wall, revealing the tunnel further inward.

You head down the grim, stone hallway and before you lies another slaughterhouse. Blood and pieces of flayed body parts are strewn about, although it seems this series of insidious metal tools you finding hanging on the walls and on the bloodied workbenches seem to be for a whole different purpose. It begins to clue you in that Epitaph seems to be extremely particular about the way these organs and other parts are harvested to require not one but multiple specialized slaughterhouses and macabre underground workshops.

On the back wall, you see another unsettling message written in blood:

"I WILL GO TO ANY LENGTH TO BUILD AND COMPLETE MY MASTERPIECE."

As before, there are several piles of rejected, "unfit" parts and entrails here. You can only wonder what this "masterpiece" is, but you highly doubt it's anything ethical and admirable. Some of the piles have been so dejected that Epitaph has crushed them angrily into a pulp.

On the side, there seems to be half of a mask proudly on display here. When you take a closer look, it seems to be the right half of Arceus's twisted and deranged metallic face. The back seems to have a series of pegs and rods, likely for a lock mechanism. Despite its morbid and grotesque appearance, you take it with you.

Item: [Right Half of the SUNKEN Face] has been added to the Team Inventory.

And then you quickly rush to get outside, as the intense, metallic smell of blood is quickly getting to you...

Neo Emolga

10-16-2016, 07:09 PM

Excited about finding the other half of the ritual instructions, Lita stashes it in her bag and the hurries to 28. Dari's House

You arrive before Dari's House, which seems to be pretty exquisite. Judging from the fine wood and stone house, it's clear Dari the Raichu does pretty well for herself and has lots of money to work with, but it also looks like she spends wisely and keeps a budget in mind.

You start by searching the exterior. One thing you quickly realize is that Dari enjoys spending time outside. Her garden is quite nice and she has outdoor furniture here for spending many hours out in the sun. She also has a patio set out here for when she has guests over. You search around the perimeter, but don't find anything that looks too out of place.

Inside, you start by searching the upstairs level. One thing you notice is that Dari seems to have a liking for art, which, as you're initially surprised, is all drawn by her using many types of colored pencils. As for the subject matter, it seems to reflect on her personality for liking the outdoors. Her traveling easel looks like it has seen some outdoor use judging by the dirt on the wooden legs.

You notice Dari has drawn several places around town, including the lake and the park. Her drawing seems quite detailed and realistic. You can definitely tell where she was working when she was creating the drawing.

Dari's home office is quite overwhelmed with papers. It seems her previous claims about looking into real estate to add to her financial work were true. She has been looking into several properties in Serenity Town and has also looked into talking to Marche, Talag, and Joff regarding renovation work. Estimates regarding what kind of work that would need to be done are also here.

Downstairs, Dari's kitchen, living room, and dining room are nice and well-maintained, but you don't find anything that seems strange or distinctly out of place.

Neo Emolga

10-16-2016, 07:21 PM

http://i.imgur.com/F1eM3k0.png

Searching #39 - Adom's Home.

You arrive before the unusual, circular-shaped metallic house that belongs to Adom the Magnezone. You quickly find that it seems to be in very good condition and looks like it could easily withstand a hurricane where many of the other buildings in Serenity Town would not.

You search the exterior and notice it seems Adom is committed to keeping order. You can see that things are placed and positioned with strict measurements in mind.

You search the interior, starting with the upper living floors. It seems that unlike most other Pokémon, Adom sees no use in keeping a bed or a bathroom, and simply uses these rooms for storing electrical equipment.

Oddly enough, one of the things you do find with relative ease is one of the familiar white, ivory bowls. In a house devoid of any plates, utensils, or other dining tools, it stands out as odd that something like this would be in Adom's house. You do see a note by it.

"Hold onto this for me, Adom. You're one of the last few Pokémon I can really trust. ~Adis."

You decide to take the ivory bowl with you, determined to complete Adis's work.

Item: [Ivory Bowl] has been added to the Team Inventory.

The rest of the house seems to have some metallic furniture, which might be fine for a Magnezone, but you're not sure how comfy it would be for other, non-metallic Pokémon. But beyond that, nothing seems out of the ordinary here besides the large number of metal furnishings and furniture.

Morzone

10-16-2016, 07:24 PM

Suicune's Fire

10-16-2016, 07:33 PM

http://i.imgur.com/F1eM3k0.png

Searching #38. Fireplace Inn.

Neo Emolga

10-16-2016, 07:55 PM

Welp, I've been wanting to do this for a little while since I should have a semi-okay rapport and now I'm extra curious. Interview 56. Clyde the Hawlucha. Specifically, about Millie and the note, though I'll also ask him his opinion of what's going on in general.

Interview Rapport: NEUTRAL
+1 Shared Pokémon Type (Flying)
-1 Super Effective Against (Fairy to Fighting)
Not counting Flying to Fighting because... that just wouldn't make sense and Clyde's very existence would be like dividing by zero. :P

You interview Clyde the Hawlucha, prepping a fresh batch of muffins at his bakery. It comes across as a little unusual a fighting bird Pokémon like Clyde would be into cooking and baking, but he seems to really enjoy it and likes to experiment creating new desserts like honey and cinnamon bread twists and cream-filled donuts drizzled with maple syrup and topped with berries.

"Hi there, I'm Clyde," Clyde addresses you with a proud smile, totally thinking you're here to buy something from his bakery. "If you want to try a sample of anything, let me know!"

You introduce yourself, and explain you're trying to investigate the situation regarding the Stalkers. You also mention the ripped piece of paper.

"Oh, this is yours?" Clyde asks, whipping out the shred of paper before glancing at it. "No problem! We don't usually keep a lost and found, but I figured whoever this belonged to might come back for it. Here you go!"

He hands to you the third piece of paper with part of the Sin Purge Circle design on it.

Item: [Design of the Sin Purge Circle, Piece 2 of 3] has been added to the Team Inventory.

The three pieces of the Sin Purge Circle have been combined to form the [Completed Design of the Sin Purge Circle].

"As for Millie, she's been okay, but seemingly a little out of it," Clyde tells you. "I guess something happened recently and she's been a little jumpy lately. I think we've all been to be honest. She has been introducing herself proudly at every possibly opportunity, saying her own name a little more than usual, which... is a bit odd, but I usually introduce myself to everyone also, even if they're regulars here."

"As for the Stalkers... well, they've definitely hurt businesses and livelihoods around here," Clyde tells you, taking a deep sigh. "But, unlike some people, I try to keep this place running through thick and thin. If every business started shutting down, we'd be in very big trouble. So, I try my best to keep things going. If a maple donut helps at least one Pokémon get their mind off of what's going on, to me, that's a step in the right direction. We all need to try and get through this."

"Well, catch you later," Clyde smiles to you. "We're making hazelnut and strawberry pastry wraps tomorrow, you don't want to miss those!"

VeloJello

10-16-2016, 08:07 PM

Taking the left and right halves of the SUNKEN face to (47) The Vordin Mansion (Abandoned) chapel! I'm ready for painnnn

Neo Emolga

10-16-2016, 08:12 PM

Theo the quilava is on the scene!

I'm going to go talk to Rodan the Combuskan (#13) about things in general, but also explain about the silver candles, how Adis entrusted them to certain people, and ask if he knows people Adis personally trusted or was close to.

Interview Rapport: VERY POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon Type (Fire)
+1 Shared Pokémon Evolution Stage

You meet with Rodan on his way to his apartment at Sleepy Valley Apartments. From a first glance, he seems relaxed, easy-going, and it doesn't look like the current situation with the Stalkers has been getting to him much. He's also munching on one of the donuts he just got from the Golden Brown Bakery.

You introduce yourself to him.

"Hey, Theo!" Rodan exclaims. "Nice meeting you!"

You inquire about the Silver Candles and Adis. He looks a bit confused at first, but he recognizes the name Adis when you mention it.

"Ah, yeah, Adis," Rodan nods, swallowing another bite. "Good guy, but shame what happened to him. As for people he trusted, well, I think he was very closely connected with Srin's family and Ryne's family. They might know a thing or two. As for... silver candles, I wouldn't have a clue. I haven't seen anything like those for sale anywhere."

"Have a good one," Rodan tells you, waving goodbye to you as he heads back to his apartment.

EmeraldSky

10-16-2016, 08:25 PM

Not one to be deterred, Lita decides to search the wheat field by Prat's farm

Neo Emolga

10-16-2016, 08:29 PM

http://i.imgur.com/F1eM3k0.png

Searching #38. Fireplace Inn.

You stand before the Fireplace Inn, which seems very welcoming and very forest cabin-like in style and design. You start by searching the exterior, and it doesn't seem like too much is wrong. In your search, you have the feeling that this inn used to be very popular with visitors out of town. Meanwhile, it doesn't seem like anything on the outside grounds seems out of place. The grounds are maintained as much as they need to be.

You head inside the welcoming inn and it has a very cozy, homely kind of feel with log cabin walls, wooden furniture, and warm chandeliers. The signature gray stone fireplace in the lounge area is very large, but it currently doesn't have a fire going, which doesn't seem to be usual when it comes to this place. You continue searching the lounge area and you find something hidden behind one of the plushy, brown couches.

It appears to be a stone mouth, and upon closer inspection, it looks very much like a Victini's. You pick it up and take it with you.

Item: [Victini Statue Mouth] has been added to the Team Inventory.

After taking away the mouth piece, you notice several numbers have been written here with some kind of black pen. You're not sure what they mean, however, and it's anyone's guess as to whether some kind of calculation was done here or the numbers were just randomly placed here.

You continue searching around the lobby area and the small restaurant that the owner, Maland the Whimsicott owns. It does seem like things have been quieter around here lately, but Maland is still trying to keep the business running. And despite what has happened, he still tries to keep a smile, although judging from the look in his eyes, it does seem like he longs for earlier times when things were better.

Upstairs, you find there's four rooms for visiting Pokémon, two single bed rooms and two double bed rooms. They're maintained, but it looks like whoever does the housekeeping just does what's expected and nothing more.

Beyond that, you don't find anything that seems out of place here.

Neo Emolga

10-16-2016, 09:35 PM

Taking the left and right halves of the SUNKEN face to (47) The Vordin Mansion (Abandoned) chapel! I'm ready for painnnn

You arrive back at the rather morbid Vordin Mansion and head underground to reach the entrance to the {Chapel of the SUNKEN God}.

You start by placing the [Left Half of the SUNKEN Face] in the metallic depiction of the twisted Arceus. It locks into place. You then complete it by adding the [Right Half of the SUNKEN Face], and that too locks into place.

Items: [Left Half of the SUNKEN Face] and [Right Half of the SUNKEN Face] have been removed from the Team Inventory.

The completed "SUNKEN God" looks horrifically grotesque when complete. Oddly enough, it starts to shake, jitter, and convulse, as if having a seizure. And then, all of a sudden, the doors rip open, slide into the walls, and suddenly a deranged howling voice enters your mind. You jump back and feel as if something dark and morbid has touched you.

And then, it's dark, spidery words suddenly ping right into your mind...

"I'vE tASteD yoUR soUL, KATiE. I kNOw whO YOu arE, NoW.

YoU DeCeIVe. YoU lIE. YOu mAKe tHEM aLl beLIevE.

YoU MasQUerAde aS oNE oF US, bUT wE knOW thE trUtH, nOW.

HUMAN...

EMISSARY...

YoUR daRKeST seCreTs HaVE nOwhERe tO HidE.

NoWhere To hIDe...

You try to fight the voices and you continue forward. Inside, you make your way through the bleeding underground chamber and fight the voices in your head. All the while, they taunt and berate you, but you continue.

You then arrive at the twisted end of it all. The last and final nightmare slaughterhouse of Epitaph.

Standing before you is a sight that nearly makes you vomit. Before you stands the masterpiece, the "perfect" sculpture that Epitaph has been working on...

...A ten-foot Aromatisse sculpted and comprised entirely of Pokémon body parts...

The attention to detail is astounding. Even the pink and purplish colors are precise and extremely accurate to scale, and it is clear that Epitaph spared nothing to ensure absolute perfection was achieved for this monstrous project. In another circumstance, it would be incredible art, but... it's the horrifically morbid nature of the abomination sculpture that awakens the better part of you that makes you want to destroy it.

And there are bloody messages all over the walls, ceiling, and the floor. "Sacrificial perfection," "Glorious masterpiece," and "I have become the art of death, the creator of the flesh." Meanwhile, the name "Epitaph" is proudly written in many locations of the room, claiming everything as her own.

And there is something else here by your feet...

http://i.imgur.com/UwDPsx7.png

Woozy at the horrific sight, something else catches your eyes, dug into one of the wooden, bloodstained workbenches...

http://i.imgur.com/Oh8A7QS.png

Suddenly the dark truth becomes all so clear...

VeloJello

10-16-2016, 09:44 PM

Morzone

10-16-2016, 10:34 PM

Thanking Rodan, Theo took his leave of the combuskan. Taking the advice to heart, He searches down Srin the mienshao (#35) to inquire about Adis and the items needed for the ritual.

The Nonexistent Tazz

10-16-2016, 10:37 PM

I'll use the Victini Mouth, Face and Eyes on the Victini Statue at the Abandoned House.

Creepy Basement Adventurer Extraordinare. That's going on my business card.

LKWayvern

10-16-2016, 10:39 PM

Interviewing number 53, Sharine the Floatzel!

Pokemon Trainer Sarah

10-17-2016, 01:09 AM

I'll search (33) Drem Residence (Abandoned).

Scytherwolf

10-17-2016, 02:24 AM

http://i.imgur.com/oJhrOxC.png I'll search #34 Sammi's Cafe (Abandoned)

Neo Emolga

10-17-2016, 03:32 AM

Not one to be deterred, Lita decides to search the wheat field by Prat's farm

As you approach the wheat field, you see that the harvest season is over, and Prat has simply decided to let nature take its course when it comes to the field. Weeds have already started to appear, but it seems like Prat won't address them until after winter.

Despite the field's current state and Prat's rather lazy and unconcerned nature, you still see that they manage to leverage enough from the harvest and sale of the wheat to pay for their property.

You search up and down the harvested wheat field lines, checking for any signs of disturbance. It isn't until you get to the far outskirts of the field that you find what looks like a half-buried metallic object protruding from the ground. It's easy to mistake as being a property marker, but when you take a closer look, you see there is something different about it. You unearth the object and discover it's a key with an emblem depicting a circle struck in half. You take the unearthed key with you.

Item: [Ø Slashed Circle Key] has been added to the Team Inventory.

Neo Emolga

10-17-2016, 04:20 AM

I'm not interested in hiding anyway. I'll interview 51. Senia the Aromatisse. I'll let her talk about the state of the town, then show her the last Epitaph note.

((I'm so glad the death condition in this game is so easy to avoid bc otherwise this would be suicide lmao))

Interview Rapport: VERY POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon Type (Fairy)
+1 Shared Pokémon Evolution Stage

...

You find that Senia the Aromatisse works housekeeping duty at the Fireplace Inn, which, as you imagine right now, isn't too difficult of a job considering the inn hasn't seen visitors in weeks. It seems she's off duty at the moment.

You introduce yourself to her, initially hiding what you know.

"Ah, Kaite," Senia smirks to you. "That's a nice name."

You ask her about the state of Serenity Town and the situation with the Stalkers, hiding the fact you know what monstrous deeds she's been up to. But, from what you can tell, your ploy is working and she doesn't suspect anything.

"It does seem like things are hopeless, doesn't it?" Senia replies, nodding. "Maybe they are, maybe they aren't. Truthfully, I'm indifferent to it all. Do you sometimes think some things aren't meant to last forever? Do you sometimes wonder if you're actually the only one thinking in this world, and everyone else is simply part of a dream?"

"I had a dream some time ago," Senia tells you. "And in that dream, there were many Pokémon like us. Mothers, fathers, children... all the same. And in that dream, I became aware of something. I was aware it was a dream and suddenly realized that the lives of those Pokémon in my dream would only last until I woke up. Their faces, their personalities, their lives... so short and so fleeting. I sometimes wonder if they would have liked me to sleep forever, dreaming... dreaming... so that they could live on indefinitely."

"I sometimes wonder if we all are just like them... only lasting until someone else wakes up..." she continues, making you feel a lonely chill. "What if they woke up right now? Right while we were talking? What if the story ended right here, this very instant? Would there be anything of us left? I asked myself those questions, and I realized that's why I'm indifferent to it all."

You then show her the Epitaph note. The very note you found in her deranged slaughterhouse. You prove to her you know everything about her and what atrocities she has done, but when she sees it, she doesn't quite seem surprised like you thought she would be. It's almost as if... she expected it...

"Oh, that's quite all right, Kaite..." Senia smiles and nods before you stares directly at you.

http://i.imgur.com/MJ1dbvc.png

"Because I know everything about you too..."

Neo Emolga

10-17-2016, 04:45 AM

Thanking Rodan, Theo took his leave of the combuskan. Taking the advice to heart, He searches down Srin the mienshao (#35) to inquire about Adis and the items needed for the ritual.

Interview Rapport: NEUTRAL

You find Srin the Mienshao at the Serenity Town Supermarket. Despite what has happened around town, he's still committed to keeping business going while keeping a good attitude about it. At times, you even notice he still tries to make the few customers that still drop by laugh with a joke, even when most Pokémon are anxious and depressed.

You introduce yourself to Srin, feeling like he's an easy Pokémon to talk to.

"Hey there," Srin the Meinshao welcomes you. "Looking for something in particular, Theo?"

You inquire about Adis and what he knows about the Sin Purge ritual. It seems like he's been aware there have been efforts to give the Sin Purge ritual another attempt, and he nods, turning around to fetch something from one of the cabinets. After sifting through a few of his belongings, he finds what he was looking for, takes it out, and puts it before you.

You instantly recognize it as one of the silver candles the team is looking for. You pick it up and take it with you.

Item: [Silver Candle] has been added to the Team Inventory.

"I think I know what you guys are up to, so I'm leaving this with you," Srin explains. "Let's just say Adis wanted me to hold onto it, but he didn't give me all the exact details and I don't quite know what it's for and what this whole Sin Purge ritual is about, but I'm hoping you guys know a lot more than I do."

"Good luck with it all," Srin tells you as you say goodbye.

Suicune's Fire

10-17-2016, 06:45 AM

http://i.imgur.com/F1eM3k0.png

I'd like to search (37a) Renner Farm (Abandoned): Dead Cabbage Field.

EmeraldSky

10-17-2016, 12:58 PM

Lita pockets the key and goes to search 32. Voren's farm--maybe one of the other farms has evidence?

Shieldbearer

10-17-2016, 01:18 PM

VeloJello

10-17-2016, 02:54 PM

Neo Emolga

10-17-2016, 02:56 PM

I'll use the Victini Mouth, Face and Eyes on the Victini Statue at the Abandoned House.

Creepy Basement Adventurer Extraordinare. That's going on my business card.

https://s5.postimg.org/z3s3ol1s7/Emolga_Tough.png

Congratulations on your CBAE Certification! Yes, you've EARNED it!

...

You arrive at the Abandoned House and insert the [Victini Statue Mouth], [Victini Statue Eyes], and [Victini Statue Ears] on the statue. The pieces fit in perfectly and you hear a heavy thump as it seems a mechanism has been triggered.

[Victini Statue Mouth], [Victini Statue Eyes], and [Victini Statue Ears] have been removed from the Team Inventory.

The heavy door slowly slides away, making a rough, rock-grinding sound as it does.

You step inside the dimly lit building and it seems whoever has been here is incredibly obsessed with numbers and calculations, writing them all over the walls and floor. It seems overwhelming at first, but when you stop and just try to take it in piece by piece, you start seeing things begin to add up.

This is the work of NTH, and they've been calculating everything that's been going on. The record-keeping of kills based on time, date, and many other circumstances is extreme. You feel as though some dark and infernal power is behind this extreme level of mathematical calculation. While most of it is beyond your understanding, you definitely know whoever is behind this has an alarming skill in instantaneous calculation in a way that only a very powerful computer should be able to do.

At one point of the room, it seems to stop and you can tell something in NTH's myriads of equations hits a dead stop. You recognize it that they had hit a point where it was simply impossible to keep going, and for a minute, you wonder what could have caused this sudden mathematical deadlock, but then you start seeing a different pattern to the numbers, how they've been assigned, and why something suddenly just couldn't be computed in this fashion.

He tried to work the arrival of Emissaries into the calculation, and you imagine that the unique nature of your arrival, based on supernatural circumstances, has simply caused a scenario that cannot be explained by measures, equations, and standard mathematical calculations.

In one corner of the room, you find multiple canisters of oil, gasoline, and an old lighter. It seems as though the Pokémon behind this isn't a fire type, and needs to rely on conventional means to start a fire and perform the cremations.

You find the only piece of furniture in the roof is a worn desk. There seem to be two objects here. You start with the first one located in the center of the desk's surface. It looks like a wing-shaped coin, only in a red, blood-tinted color. You take it with you.

Item: [Bloody Wing Piece] has been added to the Team Inventory.

Then, in the far right side of the desk, there appears to be a heavy, locked container. Unlike some of the other containers you've found, this heavy, steel locker requires some three-digit combination to open.

Locked Container {Heavy Steel Locker, 3 Digit Combination} has been noted in the Team Records.

Neo Emolga

10-17-2016, 06:50 PM

Interviewing number 53, Sharine the Floatzel!

Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon Evolution Stage

You find Sharine the Floatzel at Ryne's farm, and you can see from her nature that she seems to be a witty, playful Pokémon even though she's an adult. It's easy to see why Ryne and Sharine are a great couple. She still carries a childlike innocence even though she's an adult now.

You approach Sharine and she seems very welcoming. You introduce yourself to her.

"Hi there, Laura!" Sharine winks at you. "How goes things?"

You talk to her about your efforts to try and put an end to the Stalkers, as well as complete Adis's work. She nods, but still keeps her optimistic smile.

"We worked pretty closely with Adis, but he still had his secrets," Sharine tells you. "It's not that he didn't trust his old friends, but these Stalkers... they made it hard to trust anyone. Right now, they're living with us, talking with us, and acting like the rest of us, but they're not the same inside. Something horrible is consuming them from the inside, but we just don't know the full nature of this... evil thing that's possessing them. Adis tried to lead the project to stop them without Pokémon accusing and acting out against each other left and right. But, until he had everything together, he couldn't leave things to chance. He's gone now, and it's hard to determine where we should go from here."

She sifts through one of the pouches on a small brown carrying bag she carries, and takes out a silver candle. She then hands it to you.

Item: [Silver Candle] has been added to the Team Inventory.

"Adis wanted me to hold onto this, but right now, you're the best shot we have at figuring this ritual out," Sharine explains. "I've thought about trying to do it myself, but several Pokémon have tried and they died before they could. I'm hoping you're able to figure out something that maybe they just didn't have the chance to figure out yet."

"All the best, Laura," Sharine tells you with an optimistic smile. "I'm sure there's something special about you that will make all the difference."

The Nonexistent Tazz

10-17-2016, 06:50 PM

Neo Emolga

10-17-2016, 07:10 PM

I'll search (33) Drem Residence (Abandoned).

You stand before the Drem Residence, which looks like it has been abandoned in this vacant area of town. Like several of the other buildings in this area, it seems as though things have become cold, still, and quiet here as well. You're not sure who Drem was and why they left what seems like decades ago, but you imagine they were probably a large-sized Pokémon given the bulky construction of the building.

The wood is rotting, the stone walls have become cracked and are weathering down, and most of the paint and fixtures are broken. The roof of the building also has many holes and the broken tiles have become scattered all over the place.

The creaky front door opens with no problem at all, and inside, the house is a dusty, chalky mess with debris all over the floor, holes in the walls, and splinters of wood everywhere. It seems like there's still furniture here, but as you expected, they've fallen into disrepair. You're convinced the effort that would be needed to renovate this house would be monumental and it would be better to just tear it down and start over.

Upstairs, the rooms are filthy and dusty and you can see exactly where you stepped before with your footprints leaving tracks in the dust. Because of this, it seems like you're the only one that has been in this house for a long time. When you search the main level, you see the kitchen has fallen apart, tiles are all over the place in pieces, and most of the metal fixtures and kitchen utensils have rusted over completely.

You search the outside perimeter, but it doesn't seem like anything was left here either. The grass and shrubs have grown wildly over all these years and it doesn't seem like anyone is going to take care of the mess for a while now...

Neo Emolga

10-17-2016, 07:26 PM

http://i.imgur.com/oJhrOxC.png I'll search #34 Sammi's Cafe (Abandoned)

You come to Sammi's Cafe at the abandoned southeast outskirts of town. You're not sure who Sammi was, but it seems like they tried to make a quiet little restaurant away from all the hustle and bustle going on in the center of town and create a place that got a better view of nature instead.

The wooden and metal sign for Sammi's Cafe is cracked in half and you can just barely make out the letters. It also used to be painted green and white, but most of that has come off also. It also seems like there used to be a stone pathway leading from the road to the restaurant's front door, but it has become overgrown with weeds while the stones have been slowly crumbling apart over the years.

The cafe itself is small and very much like a diner for Pokémon. There used to be large windows here, likely to take in the view, but they've been heavily boarded up. Meanwhile, the wood has been cracking and the metal supports have been rusting for a while now.

You come to the front door, and you find it seems to be locked, but the original lock of the door was ripped out and replaced with something else somewhat recently, which seems suspicious. However, considering how infrequently this abandoned cafe is visited these days, you're not surprised barely anyone has noticed it.

You take a closer look at the lock, and you see two empty flower-shaped sockets by the door handle. There seems to be an inscription here, also:

"For life is like a fleeting flower, beginning with the white of life and ending with the black of death."

Locked Door: {Sammi's Cafe Locked Front Door, White Flower Slot, Black Flower Slot} has been noted in the Team Records.

You decide to search the exterior of the building, but you don't find any back door or alternative entrance. It also seems like nothing was buried here recently, though some of the disturbances in the ground seem to imply there were other Pokémon long after the building had been boarded up and abandoned.

Neo Emolga

10-17-2016, 07:34 PM

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I'd like to search (37a) Renner Farm (Abandoned): Dead Cabbage Field.

You arrive before the dead and vacant cabbage field for the Renner Farm.

From a first glance, it definitely seems like there hasn't been a living cabbage here for quite a few years. Most of the area has been overtaken by dead weeds and you imagine in a year or two, it might be impossible to tell this was actually a crop field in the first place.

As you check up and down the rows, you can see that the plowed crop lines have almost completely faded. The ground also doesn't seem like it's been well-taken care of, which leads you to believe it would take quite a lot of work to get this field back up and going again, if it was even worth it.

You check the remainder of the field, but nothing seems to stick out as suspicious. It definitely doesn't seem like anyone tried to hide anything here.

Neo Emolga

10-17-2016, 07:50 PM

Lita pockets the key and goes to search 32. Voren's farm--maybe one of the other farms has evidence?

You arrive at Voren the Marowak's farm. The property still seems to be in good condition, but it seems to reflect Voren's strict and stern personality. There is almost no decor at all and it seems like Voren keeps things strictly functional and nothing more. The grounds seem well-maintained, but they seem empty and devoid of any color.

You search the inside of the house and things seem very plain. The interior seems to be in good condition, but you can't find any pictures, art, or decor at all. A lot of the furniture seems very plain and without character while the carpets are solid colors and seem a little boring to you.

Upstairs, you find Voren seems to like reading, but there isn't a trace of fiction anywhere. Every book is strictly for instructions or for working on skills, most of them hardware, home improvement, or renovation-related projects.

From the square discolorations on the walls, you can see that there used to be something hung on the walls, but they've all been taken down and now there is simply nothing at all. You also don't find anything like knick-knacks or decorations around. Many shelves are empty and barren, although circles of dust seem to indicate some kind of ornamental objects used to be on display here. You have the feeling that the death of Voren's family is what caused him to stash everything that used to give the house life and color away and out of mind. It makes it clear he is still painfully grieving over his losses...

You search the exterior of the house, and as you check around the back, you see something half-buried in the ground. It catches your eyes instantly due to the fact that given the nature of Voren's decor-stripped house, this doesn't belong at all and it definitely seems like the kind of thing Voren probably would have put away. You take a closer look and it seems to be a gray stone flower. You take it out of the ground and look to see there is an inscription on the back.

"...And the years pass on..."

You take the gray flower stone with you.

Item: [Gray Flower Stone] has been added to the Team Inventory.

You make one last check around the house, but nothing seems to stand out. It seems you've found all there really is to see here...

Neo Emolga

10-17-2016, 08:22 PM

http://i.imgur.com/NVXm67T.pngJeff, stop taking all the creepy places. I want some. Has that previous hallucination invoked some sort of morbid wanderlust in you? I mean, if it has, I suppose it'd make us a little more alike...

http://i.imgur.com/WXib097.png Anyway, I'll just go talk to 31. Rulend the Rampardos, since almost no one of our group is a rock type. Granted, the steel won't help and there's little guarantee it will earn us anything, but it's better than nothing.

I'd also like to keep an eye on the perimeter around the ritual Jeff will be attempting afterwards, but I'll likely not be able to make it.

Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
+1 Shared Pokémon Type (Rock)
-1 Super Effective Against (Steel to Rock)
+1 Shared Pokémon Evolution Stage

You find Doctor Rulend the Rampardos at the hospital, currently working on medical records. He seems like the very analytical and by-the-book type that probably doesn't like the arts too much and would rather stick with what's professional and formal. He looks up at you when you introduce yourself.

"Come on, Aurimas," Rulend tells you. "What did you need from me?"

You explain the situation regarding your investigations into the Stalkers. Rulend nods, looking like he's had to deal with quite a lot of it already.

"I was able to recently confirm that the victims discovered to be from what Officer Zick called 'NTH' are done by a kind of arsonist," Rulend explains. "Now, unlike fire types that can create their own fires, this Pokémon incinerates their victims as a means to conceal the evidence. And it's been quite effective. Some of their victims were unrecognizable and as Zick and I had discovered, they were likely not from town and thus, no one knows who are what they were prior to being incinerated. So we don't have a clear picture on all of NTH's victims, but we do know that he can't target fire types."

"NTH douses their victims with oil before lighting them on fire," Rulend tells you. "I was able to pull that fact out of one of the more recent unidentified corpses that I believe was a Mr Mime judging from the skeletal remains. I have reason to believe that due to the nature of these kills, whoever NTH is has to be small and fast. It's the only way they could have performed murders like these, especially against larger Pokémon. They let the fire do most the work, incinerating just about everything about the victim, and chances are good it was to also frame fire types and sway suspicion from them."

"I'm still in the process of working on it, but we're slowly making headway." Doctor Rulend tells you. "If you find anything else about NTH, let me know. I might be able to use that information to complete the profile of the killer."

EmeraldSky

10-17-2016, 08:33 PM

Lita pockets the stone and moves on to Ryne's Farm--maybe there's something more on the farm itself?

Neo Emolga

10-17-2016, 08:55 PM

I'll uh uh *spins wheel* interview 44.Tashy the Furret. For now, though, we seem to be pretty well on-track. If I get the time later today and the Sharine interview has already gone up, I'll see if I can't just edit this to attempt the Sin Purge Ritual. I'll go to the Locked Container at the abandoned house and input the combination 987 that we've found previously.

You arrive at the Abandoned House and return to the {Heavy Steel Locker}. You find the combination lock and turn the dials so the numbers read "9, 8, and 7." The lock clicks open and you swing the heavy steel door open.

It seems there are many items in this locker...

The first of which seems to be some kind of ledger for accounting. You almost decide to disregard it, but instead, you flip through it.

It explains EVERYTHING about the numbers, serving as a kind of codec. It's complicated, but you see that NTH has been tracking when, where, how, who, and what was involved in each kill. As you flip through the pages smothered with numbers and calculations, you hope NTH makes the mistake of revealing who all of the other Stalkers are, but they do not, they only use the Stalker aliases. But you are able to get the whole picture and you feel a sickening feeling that Zick's original police report is missing quite a few of the kills. However, with this ledger and his reports combined, you're confident that the entire story of what the Stalkers have been up to can be completed.

You also find that NTH has been performing illegitimate accounting transactions from The Silver Arch Hotel and Casino to appear to be business expenses when they're really for funding the Stalkers beyond Blak the Zangoose's knowledge, and it explains Blak's current debt situation to Leblanc. However, you discover a dark secret that NTH could not possibly use his Stalker Alias for. The last line of the accounting records that NTH used to show to Blak in the budgets and income statements carries NTH's actual identity:

Signed Saps the Pachirisu. With his paw print signature and everything.

It suddenly makes sense to you.

Several other letters from Saps to Blak explain how he refused to onboard another accountant and an internal auditor, explaining it would jeopardize his ability to perform his normal day to day activities if he was distracted by mentoring another member of the staff. Blak later insists on it in a later letter, forcing Saps to onboard Jass the Linoone. As you recall from Zick's police reports, Jass was one of Nth's victims. Obviously not a coincidence. He did it to hide his current activities and his ties to the Stalkers.

And it looks like he had this all calculated out in the many, many sheets of numbers all throughout the ledgers and the walls...

VeloJello

10-17-2016, 09:16 PM

is it bad that i briefly entertained the idea of interviewing saps just to be obnoxious

I'm gonna search the last location on the map, (41) Jurak's House. Just In Case. I really wanted to see the Disorder Door opened, boo. Can't be helped I guess.

Neo Emolga

10-18-2016, 12:59 AM

Alright, with everything settled and all the ritual components in our possession, I head towards the Serenity Town Church, Lock the door as an extra precaution, and Attempt the Ritual.

Let's go through the steps in order.

1: I draw the Sin Purge Circle on the altar.
2: I place the six Ivory Bowls on the star points on the Circle.
3: I place the Stalker Samples into each of the bowls.
4: I pour one cup of holy water into each of the bowls.
5: I place the six silver Candles into each of the bowls.
6: I light the candles with the Ceremonial Lighter.
7: I read the Divine Judgement Statement.

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"I stand before the Beacon of the Judgement, a holy fire upon each of the silver markers, standing lit in a pure basin of clean purity, with the essence of the wicked below to stand judgement for their crimes. Holy Cleansing Fire! Purge the Wickedness from our world! Seek out the unholy traitors whose essences lie before us and render the punishment they are due. So be it."

I'm going to be more than a little peeved if this does nothing.

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You spelled "judgment" wrong. It does nothing.

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Just kidding. You got it. ;D

Scytherwolf Pokemon Trainer Sarah Noblejanobii EmeraldSky Velocity Chakramaster LKWayvern The Nonexistent Tazz Lunar Latias Suicune's Fire AWA1997 Dash Shieldbearer Shruikan Bulbasaur Speed-X Steven_Six Morzone

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VICTORY OF LIFE - FUTURE WORLD MUSIC (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyK9si-kobU)

You arrive at the Serenity Town Church, with everything Adis gathered and died to protect. The six Silver Candles, the six Ivory Bowls, the Holy Water Container given to the Emissaries by Joff, the six Stalker Samples, the Ceremonial Fire Lighter, the completed Design of the Sin Purge Circle, the Divine Ritual Statement, and all the instructions Adis researched to make it all possible.

You arrive at the altar, and begin by drawing the Sin Purge Circle on the altar. Its correct and completed alignment is signified as it beings to glow with a soft, white illumination. Meanwhile, it's six points glow with divine radiance, waiting for your next step.

You then gather the six Ivory Bowls, and place each one of the six points of the Sin Purge Circle's star. As you place each Ivory Bowl, they begin to glow with a soft, white, heavenly light.

You then take the red case containing the six Stalker Samples, and flip open the lid to find the vials. Taking each vial, you take off the cork stopper and add the contents of each vial into each bowl, starting with the orange scale in the first bowl, the brown fur in the second, the white fur in the third, the blue scale in the fourth, the pink fur in the fifth, and the piece of a leaf in the sixth.

Moving the red case aside, you then take the Holy Water Container and add exactly one cup of the blessed water to each of the six bowls, submerging each of the samples. As soon as you do this, the water begins to glow softly as well.

Then, taking the six Silver Candles, you add one candle to each of the bowls, and they too begin to glow softly with a peaceful, heavenly light. So far, it looks like everything seems to be working.

Next, you take the holy Ceremonial Fire Lighter, and use its divine, white fire to light each of the silver candles. As soon as the candles are lit, the whole church is filled with an incredible, divine, and heavenly illumination. It seems as if the circle itself stands ready and knows exactly what task you wish for it to perform, but it simply waits your order.

"I stand before the beacon of the judgment," you cry out. "A holy fire upon each of the silver markers. Standing lit in a pure basin of clean purity, with the essence of the wicked below to stand judgment for their crimes. Holy cleansing fire! Purge the wickedness from our world! Seek out the unholy traitors whose essences lie before us and render the punishment they are due."

"So be it."

The command was given. The powers were at the ready. The order was obeyed.

In a powerful flash of divine light, a surging torrent of white blasts out of the Sin Purge Circle, and out from it come forward six celestial fireballs of brilliant fire. With their targets recognized, the order given, and the mission acknowledged, they speed out of the church.

Within seconds, the first of the flames seeks out the dark Enthraller "Shadefetch," residing and entrenched within Daz the Dragonite's body and soul. As the Dragonite looks up, he sees the brilliant flames come for him, and he knows there is no escape from the judgment. In those last few moments, he realizes "Shadefetch's" dark bargain of unnaturally long youth and life will never come to pass. He accepts his time has come, and the divine fireball strikes him with a powerful blast, smothering his entire body with white, powerful, purging fire. The divine judgment eradicates the dark Enthraller Shadefetch, even denying the dark spirit passage back into the underworld. Daz's spirit, cleaned of his sins, speeds up into the skies above, leaving the world of Aryia behind to begin a new life, free from hate, sin, and destruction.

Meanwhile, the second of the flames speeds through the sky with its target recognized, determined to annihilate the Enthraller known as "Undone," leeching onto the spirit of Tashy the Furret. As Tashy looks up into the sky while standing just outside of Prat's home, she sees the judgment fire speed toward her, and in that moment, her spirit is able to push back the sinful Undone Enthraller for just a moment to think and act on her own, having been a prisoner in her own mind.

"And not a moment too soon..." Tashy smiles, closing her eyes and accepting her fate.

She turns to her husband, Prat, completely baffled at what is going on.

"Stay wild and free, Prat!" Tashy cries out happily to Prat the Heliolisk as tears of joy run down her face. "I'll see you on the other side!"

Undone, who lied and promised Tashy social acceptance, fame, and power, could not run from the fate that was to come. Now trapped within Tashy, the judgment fireball strikes the Furret powerfully, showing no remorse and no quarter for the darkness known only as Undone. The cleansing fire completes its mission, leaving nothing left of Undone. Nothing for even the underworld to salvage. Meanwhile, Tashy's spirit, now free and unbound by the darkness of Undone, flies and speeds up into the skies, cleansed of all darkness and sin, ready to begin a new life of happiness and comforting freedom.

The third of the fireballs recognizes and seeks out the demonic Enthraller "NTH." It soars through the skies, and once it finds the infernal presence within Saps the Pachirisu. NTH, having wrongfully and deceptively promised Saps with the gift of incredible intellect, stands unable to run from the fiery judgment at hand. The judgment fireball speeds with fire and fury to render the judgment, stopping at nothing to carry out the order.

Saps, having been just outside of the Silver Arch Hotel and Casino, sees the fire in the sky, coming right toward him, and realizes there is no escape. He drops his ledgers on the ground, closes his eyes, and nods, accepting what has come to pass. But he doesn't say a word, and at that moment, the white fireball makes powerful contact, and the Enthraller NTH is completely purged from his body and soul, leaving no trace of essence behind. Meanwhile, Saps's soul, now finally cleansed and free from all of NTH's demonic bondage, soars to the heavens above, eagerly anticipating the new discoveries of the world he will now enter.

The fourth of the fireballs, tasked with the mission to seek out and destroy the demonic Enthraller, "Koax," speeds with fiery flames and power through the skies, understanding its intended target has currently latched itself into Millie the Vaporeon. Koax, having lied to Millie about its promises of powerful creativity and inspiration, now realizes there is no escape for the divine wrath that will come to pass. In those last few seconds, Millie, standing just outside the Golden Brown Bakery, is able to push aside Koax's influence for those precious moments, closes her eyes, and smiles at what is come before softly whispering two words...

"Thank you..." Millie smiles.

Her body becomes enveloped by the divine, cleansing fire, and Koax is shown no mercy as the divine fire smothers and eradicates the Enthraller entirely, leaving no physical or spiritual trace of it behind. At that moment, Millie's spirit, now free of Koax's dark shackles, soars high into the heavens, and Millie smiles in anticipation for the wonders and creation that await her in the new life she is about to begin in the heavens above. As she is carried into the sunlit skies above, she thinks of springtime and how happy she will be to see it all again.

The fifth of the divine fireballs swiftly surges through the skies to destroy the Enthraller known as "Epitaph," understanding that it is one of the more brutal Enthrallers, but it shows no fear, no hesitation in confronting this necessary task that divine mandate has given. The order to find and target Senia the Aromatisse is carried out immediately and is rendered with rapid finesse.

Epitaph, having deceived Senia with the promise and wish for powerful craftsmanship and freedom from servitude, attempts to stand up against the divine fireball, believing it can overcome the judgment that is at hand. However, its dark mission fails easily against the purging flames, and Epitaph, despite its struggles, is spiritually torn to pieces, and then incinerated into nothing.

Senia, having not felt so clean and so free from sin in so long, is overwhelmed by the presence and cleansing of salvation. For a humble moment, she begins to almost feel she doesn't deserve it for what she's done, but with new, divine redemption, she makes the new commitment to help others and perform charitable deeds, not out of orders or dictation, but out of her own, newfound passion. Her spirit flies high into the skies, striving to erase the wrong she's done and embrace a new start, a new beginning... one that will be better than anything she's ever dreamed.

Lastly, the final of the judgment fireballs seeks out the wicked Enthraller known as "Non." Determined to carry out the divine decree, the fireball knows its target has deeply infested the body and spirit of Vam the Oddish. Non, having cruelly and wickedly deceived a child Pokémon with the false temptation of imagination and dreams to leverage out a perverse retribution against his bullying classmates, now stands before the final judgment flame. As Vam is standing in the yard outside of his home, the fire comes for him, and for a moment, he closes his eyes, not quite ready to accept what is to come, but with the understanding that it must be done.

His mother Dami the Bellossom, suddenly in shock at the realization that her own son was one of the Stalkers, watches in fear as Vam is struck with the fireball. The dark Enthraller known as Non is shown no redemption as the holy fire eradicates it to nothing. Vam's spirit, now free once again, speeds up into the skies, now able to pursue the true imagination and dreams he seeks, now free from the abuse and cruelty of others. In the meantime, a divine presence comes over Dami, suddenly giving Vam's mother the comfort and realization that while her son is gone from this world of Aryia, he will be safe and given what he seeks most in the new life to come.

"Please..." Dami cries to the skies above as tears roll down her face. "...please watch over him...!"

...

"It will be done..." a quiet voice softly whispers to her.

With the task completed and the dark Enthrallers purged from the world, the shadows and darkness surrounding Serenity Town are driven back by the divine light, and no trace of the horrific evil was allowed any place upon Aryia once the light has fully purged the evil and darkness that once had a deathgrip over the small town.

The sun shines brightly today, brighter than it has ever done before. A new dawn for Aryia and the small town of Serenity has now arrived, and with it comes the comfort and new hope that the Pokémon there have longed for and will embrace once again. They all instantly know that the darkness that had been plaguing their town is now gone, never to return as this new light will stand to protect and guard the Pokémon from now on.

"I... didn't think it was possible," Zick the Jolteon mutters to Trinka the Lopunny as he stands overwhelmed and relieved at what has taken place.

"Adis's mission..." Trinka smiles. "Everything he fought for and struggled to do... has come at last."

But as the time comes, you, the Emissaries, having completed your mission, are given the order to return to where you have come before. But you are assured as the years would roll by in Serenity Town, they would never forget the mission you had strived to carry out... the salvation of Serenity Town, the new hope of Aryia, and the precious, second chance you gave to all Pokémon that call Aryia home.

You were returned to the light and taken to the skies above. The Pokémon of Serenity Town, the new friends you made, look to the skies as you and the other Emissaries fill the sky with comforting light to return to the world of humans. They thank you and wish you all the best as you return to where you come from, wondering if they'll ever see you again someday, but vow to make the most out of this new chance, this new life, and this new hope you have given them.

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