[SEASON 2] The Stalkers RPG - Main Action and Team Status [ENDED... FOR NOW]

[Suicune's Fire]

I think i will just rest this turn

You feel an ache in your bones and a chip in your sanity, which tempts you to have a rest and restore what you lost. The beds in the Emissary Clubhouse are comfortable, a good size, and very welcoming. You snuggle into the blankets, ensuring that everyone else in the clubhouse knows that you're resting so they don't wake you up. Although it's daytime, you feel tired enough that you fall asleep in a very short time.

Felix has recovered 1 Health point and 1 Sanity point this turn.

When you wake up, the pain is gone, you feel refreshed, and you're ready for anything again.


Felix the Archeops (M: Rock/Flying)

Health: 5/5
Sanity: 4/4
Perk: Science | Learned Abilities: Investigate
Failed Assassinations: 0/2

[Shieldbearer]

Alright, time to do what I protected 83. Lora the Kirlia for and talk to her, intimidating as I may look to her. In hindsight, I think I can see why Carmin watches me so closely. If we were a little more biologically compatible and if we didn't have Stalkers to worry about, though, I'd consider asking them out on a date, though. And I'm not afraid to say it out loud in idle chit chat before we get down to business.
In addition to the standard fare (what do they know about the Stalkers, anything that could help, yadda yadda), I need to ask if she knows who the Stalkers could aim for this night - maybe she's noticed a pattern or something.


That, and I'd appreciate actually protecting effectively for once...

Hm... The Kirlia and Gothitelle both live in the same place, right? If I'm lucky, maybe I can interview 84. Carmin the Gothitelle at the same time as I do this... But that's likely just wishful thinking on my part.

[Suicune's Fire]

Alright, time to do what I protected 83. Lora the Kirlia for and talk to her, intimidating as I may look to her. In hindsight, I think I can see why Carmin watches me so closely. If we were a little more biologically compatible and if we didn't have Stalkers to worry about, though, I'd consider asking them out on a date, though. And I'm not afraid to say it out loud in idle chit chat before we get down to business.
In addition to the standard fare (what do they know about the Stalkers, anything that could help, yadda yadda), I need to ask if she knows who the Stalkers could aim for this night - maybe she's noticed a pattern or something.


That, and I'd appreciate actually protecting effectively for once...

Hm... The Kirlia and Gothitelle both live in the same place, right? If I'm lucky, maybe I can interview 84. Carmin the Gothitelle at the same time as I do this... But that's likely just wishful thinking on my part.

Interview Rapport: NEUTRAL, INTIMIDATING
Intimidation +1 Interviewee weak to Steel

Lora is at Innocuous Investigations when you find her, but she doesn't see you through the window. When you knock hesitantly on the door and then open it to come inside, a Tranquil stares you in the face.

"Do you have an appointment?" she asks quickly while holding a bunch of papers awkwardly in her wings. You shake your head but state that you are here to speak with Lora, and the dual type nods, telling you to follow her into an office which you can see she shares with Lora.

The Kirlia looks up from her desk, eyes wide when she meets gazes with you. "Big guy!" she exclaims, standing up. "You--don't mind if I call you that, right?" She rounds her desk and stands close to you, bending a tiny bit to meet your eye level. "Thank you for protecting me for the past two nights," she says, giving a small smile. "It's been a little scary since those Stalkers arrived, I admit, but you can't be too fearful!"

Queloon, Lora's firm partner, leaves the room as the two of you begin discussing the Stalkers. Lora retrieves a file and opens it up.

"I haven't got all that much time today to stay and chat, so we're going to have to make this brief. I hope that's okay," she adds, although it doesn't look like she's giving you much of a choice. After you tell her of the information Pormalu was able to provide you with, she gives a few nods. "The police...don't know as much as we do," she admits, a little wary to be saying such things around an Emissary. However, she seems confident enough with you, given that you've offered your time during the past two nights to keep her from harm. You suspect that she doesn't care that you have a type advantage. "My team works around the clock to get this sort of information, but our main priority has to be our clients."

"Do you know about Uru Sapling? The Sudowoodo who survived an attack by Extol, the crazy, obsessive male killer?" she wonders. "I know that he was doing research on her before he was targeted... So the only conclusion that my team and I could draw from that is that this 'Extol' Stalker found out what he was doing and thought that disabling his research would stop it from becoming exposed." She brought up another piece of paper from the file, showing it to you. "A few of my team members have gone to visit him in an effort to get him to talk, but it hasn't worked so well. We haven't had a chance to speak with Mahyen Sapling, his mate, but maybe you could?" She shuffled through her papers again. "If it helps, Uru worked at Valcon Glassworks. You might find something there."

"Embalm you know about, Philter you know about..." She scans through more papers, leaning against her desk. "We're not sure why they kill, exactly. Their victims tend to be random, unlike Extol, who has only ever targeted grown male Pokémon. "Depredation, you know about... Eleven Stalkers? Guess you know that too."

"Ooh! Here's something you'll find interesting: Annul shows signs of a struggle; we believe the host wants to break free from the Stalker, and the same appears to apply to Philter. The concept freaks me out, being chained to this unholy entity with no hope to escape...being forced to kill. And then there are the hosts that like their newfound powers. We've also come to speculate that the powers given to the hosts can be normally impossible for the host to perform. For instance, we don't believe Philter is a Grass-type, but that doesn't mean the only other conclusion is that the host can create illusions through their regular elemental powers. We believe Enthrallers can have their own powers."

"Long, long ago, there were reports of Stalkers in another, far off land. It was so long ago that nobody knows which history sources are accurate, but one thing was for sure: they were simpler Enthrallers. They didn't pass on these gruesome powers. I'm not saying they all have them, but don't go targeting Psychic-types just because some of us are capable of conjuring illusions." She gives you a stern but friendly look.

"We know there's a Stalker obsessed with the Seven Sins. I know, it sounds terribly derivative, but this Stalker is no joke. It kills people based off a sin if believes they committed, brands them with masks, then carves the name of the sin into a body part... We don't know anything more about this Stalker other than its method of killing."

"The final method we know of definitively is the, uh...Poser. This Stalker...poses its victims while they're paralysed and then slits them down their centre. They die of various causes: blood loss, organ failure, heart attacks, and all of them remain frozen in place until someone touches them. Sometimes the victims have been strung up so that even after their bodies go limp, they remain as they were posed. We...refer to this one as the Poser. That's not its actual name, though."

"You've heard everything there is to say about the others, but..." She holds your eyes for a moment, trying to convey seriousness in a way that you imagine isn't common for her. "I have to warn you to be careful. Be careful of them all, but above all else, be careful of Nightlust. This Stalker is the most dangerous of them all, able to kill its victims without even touching them. Penelope, the elderly Aurorus who was killed two nights ago..." Lora squeezes her eyes closed for a second. "She was...so lovely. A librarian her whole life who never dealt anyone harm. She wasn't a helpless old Pokémon, though; she never took any nonsense, but...that didn't stop her from becoming a victim of Nightlust. It doesn't need to touch its victims; it ravages and shreds their sanity, destroying their minds... Drowning, burning and suffocating in your own worst nightmare."

The Kirlia shudders, trying to push the image of the old librarian's grotesque expression from her mind as she rights herself and tries to smile at you.

"That's all the time I have for today," she explains. "My team and I work just as hard as the police force, and if you ever want to learn how to investigate, do let me know. Each time you investigate someone, it'll take a whole day and night, but the results will be worth it, I promise." She rounds her desk and opens a drawer as you watch, then comes back around to you with something in her hand. She plants a sticker on your shield, then shows you the rest of the sheet. On each sticker, it has Innocuous Investigations' logo.

She smiles as Queloon walks back in and has a look at the sticker on your forehead. "Looks good on him, Lora!" she chuckles, moving to her desk.

"I'll see you later, Aurimas. I hope you learned what you were after!" Lora says, waving to you as you exit the building. You feel like this information has been extremely useful, and you're glad you went to see her after all.


Aurimas the Bastiodon (M: Rock/Steel)

Health: 5/5
Sanity: 4/4
Perk: Diplomacy | Learned Abilities: Escort/Protect
Failed Assassinations: 0/2

[AD]

Imma continue my search of Hazel Plaza, this time, the exterior (29)

[Shruikan]

Well, that wasn't pleasent. Hopefully that hand will be of use in the near future...

Anyway, I guess I'd better start looking for more leads. That Galvantula looks promising...

Hello there! I was wondering if I could ask you a few question? I'm investigating the stalkers, and I was wondering if you knew anything about them that might be useful. Oh, and have you seen a gold and ruby necklace? Also, do you know anyone who works in a medical center, or otherwise has access to medical equipment & accessories?

Interview: 50. Gung the Galvantula

[Neo Emolga]

Alright, let's search the sports field!
Search (10a) Central Field

You head out to Patriarch Stadium's central field to see if anything was left behind here. You can see the field hasn't been used for a little while, but in general, it seems to be in good condition and wouldn't take much for the stadium to reopen and be used again. It's really only the lines in the grass that need to be repainted after the grass itself has been mowed and taken care of.

As you can see, the sport of Strikeball seems to be like a hybrid of volleyball and soccer where if the ball touches the ground, it simply ends up in that team's territory. Meanwhile, large metal goal posts are at each side of the field. You don't find anything too suspicious on the field itself. It's been pretty much empty for a while now.

Things seem to be quiet and empty by the metallic player benches. In general, these don't seem all too affected by the Stalker outbreak the way the rest of the city seems, but you do find something out of the ordinary under one section of the player bench. You find a hidden Adrenaline Syringe, which seems quite suspicious on the playing field and you have a feeling someone has been cheating at this sport lately. Nonetheless, you take it away for several good reasons.

Item [Adrenaline Syringe] has been added to the Team Inventory.

After making one last sweep around the field, you don't find too much else, so you decide to head back to base.

Eddie the Bulbasaur (S: Grass/Poison)

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

[Neo Emolga]

I don't think there's anything particular I need to do so...
I'll use the [Twisted Cross Key] on the {Rusted Cabinet: Twisted Cross Emblem}

After taking the Twisted Cross Key and heading toward Patriarch Stadium, you head into the same concession stand area that Sam had found earlier. It doesn't seem like too much has changed at all and you have the feeling it hasn't been visited by anyone since he was last here.

You head toward where the rusted cabinet was found in the employee supply area. You follow the trail of wall scratches and find the cabinet in question bearing the same, twisted cross sign that was scratched in by the keyhole. You insert the key and it fits perfectly. After turning the lock, you open the door and it creaks as the contents are revealed.

Inside, you find what looks like half of a metallic plate. Oddly enough, it's been scratched and scribbled on, giving it a very disturbing appearance. There's no image, wording, or anything. Just nothing but scrawl and scribbles. Ordinarily, you wouldn't think there would be much value in something like this, but you know there was a reason why it was locked up like this. You decide to take it with you.

Item [Scrawl Taken Right Half] has been added to the Team Inventory.

With nothing else to discover here, you take what you have found and head back to base.

Sarah the Archen (S: Rock/Flying)

Health: 4/4
Sanity: 3/4
Perk: Repair | Learned Abilities: Investigate
Failed Assassinations: 0/2

[sammy0295]

Search (74d) Starbelt Manufacturing Plant (Abandoned) Floors 21-30.

[Neo Emolga]

Hm...not so sure what to do, so I guess I'll search (28e) Silvercoal Medical Center Floors 31-40.

You arrive at the Silvercoal Medical Center, intending on heading up to the 31st floor to start your search. Things seem calm for now, but there is still a feeling of dread in the air.

After taking the elevator up, you get a sinking feeling. While going through the floors intended for dialysis treatment, you see the Pokémon here have all kinds of different treatments to deal with kidney failure. As you see, all kinds of different machines of different shapes and sizes have been provided to account for different types of Pokémon. Meanwhile, the white linoleum tiled floor is quite clean, the white walls have pleasant pictures of flowers, sunrises, and other optimistic scenes. It does make you feel better and you imagine it must make Pokémon that have to go through rough medical treatments feel more optimistic and at ease.

As you see some of these dialysis procedures in action, you almost begin to feel like humans have it much easier considering human shapes and sizes are about the same, whereas for Pokémon, there's a lot more to account for and many of these medical professionals have to compensate for it.

The Burn Unit has been reserved for burns of the severe, life-threatening kind. At certain points, Rawst berries stop being effective and that's where this section of the hospital comes in. From what you can tell, the patients here, the few that there are, weren't involved in Stalker-related incidents. You have a feeling in most cases, Stalker victims never even make it to the hospital in the first place...

While searching the rooms, you happen to find a Revival Herb in one of the steel medical cabinets. It seems a bit out of place with the bandages and treatment ointments, but you decide it might be useful for later.

Item [Revival Herb] has been added to the Team Inventory.

After going through the burn unit floors, you head up and go through the areas where they are attempting clinical trials for experimental drugs. Here, things seem a lot more grim considering the Pokémon here are not responding well to standard medication and using experimental prototype drugs are their last chance.

However, around these floors, you don't find anything that really seems to stand out or seems like something you might need for dealing with the Stalkers. You soon head out and return back to base.

Carly the Heracross (M: Bug/Fighting)

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

[Neo Emolga]

Well, that wasn't pleasent. Hopefully that hand will be of use in the near future...

Anyway, I guess I'd better start looking for more leads. That Galvantula looks promising...

Hello there! I was wondering if I could ask you a few question? I'm investigating the stalkers, and I was wondering if you knew anything about them that might be useful. Oh, and have you seen a gold and ruby necklace? Also, do you know anyone who works in a medical center, or otherwise has access to medical equipment & accessories?

Interview: 50. Gung the Galvantula

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

You find Gung the Galvantula returning home after his shift ends at the Sivercoal Correctional facility. You introduce yourself to him, inquiring about the Stalkers and what he might know about them.

"Nice to meet you, Fir," Gung tells you as the electric spider nods. "Good to know we've got more help trying to track the Stalkers down. From what I hear, all of them are wanted dead or alive, so if you find them, do whatever you think is right just as long as they don't get away."

"Leads..." Gung nods, trying to think hard about what he knows about the Stalkers. "I have been noticing strange things at the correctional facility lately come to think of it. I'll admit, there are areas of the prison even I don't have access to, but I can't imagine what the hell some of these places are for. It's an old building so there are places to it that even my boss doesn't know about. But the area where we have solitary confinement and inmates on death row, there's something there that makes even a tough guy like me feel uneasy. I try to avoid it if I can. I swear, it seems like a place where they must have locked up criminally insane inmates but then stopped using for a while. I told my son Shrig about it and I was surprised he could relate. He told me a story that he found something similar in the Brookheights School gymnasium under the bleachers and that kids there talk about some 'cursed symbol' or something like that. There's been talk about a student suicide case because of it. I don't know if that's true, but that's something the principal should really look into. Knowing how some of these stiffs are like, they probably think it's just kids spreading rumors around."

"A gold and ruby necklace..." Gung tells you, trying to recall if he saw something like that. "I can't say I've seen anything like that around. If I come across it, I'll let you know, but I'm not really a collector of jewelry."

You then ask about what Gung knows about any doctors or medical personnel that would have access to medical equipment.

"Kirsh is a surgeon who works at the medical center," Gung informs you. "I've had to consult with him on several occasions after prison inmates or security guards got attacked. He seems to know his stuff and is a nice guy to talk to. Vivanctus the Eelectross is another doctor I know, but she works at the Calstone Medical Offices. She's also been pretty helpful and even helps Pokémon who can't afford standard medical care. Those are really the only ones I know, but I've met them because there are always Pokémon around the prison that are out to stab each other or whatnot. When you work in a place like that, it's easy to come across these kinds of cases."

"Well, I've got to get home," Gung tells you. "I'm sure my son is already there and he's probably waiting for dinner. I'll ask him about what he knows about that 'suicide story.' It could just be a rumor though. Sometimes kids like spreading those kinds of things around, even though I know my son wouldn't do that."

He then decides to head back home.

Fir the Luxray (M: Electric)

Health: 5/5
Sanity: 4/4
Perk: First Aid | Learned Abilities: Escort/Protect
Failed Assassinations: 0/2