Quote Originally Posted by Arrow-Jolteon View Post
Hmm... I guess I could try interviewing someone? Maybe #3 Vessi the Golduck [D]? idk
Interview Rapport: POSITIVE, INTIMIDATING
+1 Shared Evolution Stage
+Intimidation (Electric vs Water)

You track down Vessi the Golduck to the Simple Pleasures Diner, where she's the owner and general manager. She likes to meet and greet the customers while they eat and asks them if they need anything, sometimes even taking a moment to perform the role of a waitress just to make the customers happy.

You meet with her and she smiles, though she is a tiny bit taken back, looking at you like you're one tough cookie.

"Hey there, hot stuff, what can I help you with?" Vessi asks you.

You introduce yourself and ask her if she knows anything about the Stalkers or if she's seen anything suspicious lately. She nods as her expression seems to go a tiny bit grim. It seems like she's been keeping something bottled up for a while and no one has really talked about it with her until now. She requests you to join her in her office in the back of the building, where all the hustle and bustle of the diner is muffled, making it easier to converse with her.

"I'm seen a few things around town that bother me," Vessi tells you, looking a bit concerned. "I'm sure you've heard about Yandil, but I wanted to give you my take on him. I have quite a few regulars come to my diner and there's been talk about how Whitemill Manufacturing no longer has an overseer or director. We think the rumor is Yandil may be trying to work within Whitemill to make others think there's nothing wrong and so corporate doesn't try to intervene. Problem is the only other contact we have that works on the inside is Jeddi and... she's just not reliable and doesn't understand the severity of the situation. Everyone else is missing, dead, or we haven't been able to get a hold of them."

"Meanwhile, Yandil... he's always been a little weird, but he's gotten so, so strange lately," Vessi explains. "Cray, who lives in the Sandwoods Apartment building, tells me that Yandil never sleeps. He has even talked to Britera about it and somehow Yandil is able to just... survive without sleeping for days on end. I think the others are right. I really think he's a Stalker. Any normal Pokémon would just pass out or die if they just didn't sleep. We've been trying to spy on him but so many times, he slips out of sight and he's gone without a trace. It's so strange. I swear it's like he can teleport. Well, he is a Smeargle, after all. They can pick up on those kinds of things."

"Besides that, sometimes I head over to Redbarrel Foods, as they supply some of the food we use for the diner," Vessi explains. "The other day, I was on site to talk to the supplier about how much inventory I needed to schedule for the upcoming three months. Standard routine, that didn't raise any alarms. But when I was on the second floor, I passed by a large metallic door that I thought was probably a meat locker. And then, I could have sworn I thought I heard someone crying for help inside of it! I tried to open the door but it was locked. One of the staff saw me and told me it was a restricted area, but I tried to explain that I heard something on the other side. He listened in but the voice just stopped. He said it was just probably nothing and was likely thinking I was crazy! But I swear, there's something weird going on in that cold storage area! Someone could be freezing to death in there!"

"I agree with you, there's something very wrong going on in town and I know these Stalkers are behind it," Vessi tells you, hoping you'll be able to help. "So many Pokémon are in denial or just admit they can't do anything, but we can't treat the situation like that. I know, I wish things could just return to normal, too, but we're not going to get to that if we keep telling ourselves there's nothing wrong when there's certainly a lot going wrong out there!"

"Please, you need to check that meat locker at Redbarrel," Vessi pleads with you. "It's on the second floor, right by the north-side stairwell. I shudder to think there really might be someone in there and they could be dead by now..."

Arrow the Jolteon (M: Electric)
Health: 5/5
Sanity: 4/4
Perk: Security | Learned Abilities: Rescue/Escape
Failed Assassinations: 0/2