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

[Neo Emolga]

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]

Jeff, 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...

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."