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

[Tashy the Furret]

So... explain to me again who we're going to interview?

#45 Tashy the Furret. You weren't around for that round of Stalkers but she was one of the originals, known as Undone. She's supposed to be dead, if this even is her. But that seems a little bit too coincidental for my tastes.

Alright... just try to keep calm about this. I don't need your angry thoughts swarming around in my head while I'm trying to talk to her. If it is this same person that might tip her off that you're here, she might recognize you after all.

Alright fine. Let's go.

Okay um... excuse me! Miss... Tashy? Uh hi yes, my name is and I was wondering if I could talk to you about the recent events involving the Stalkers.

Oh hey, if it isn't Madder, one of those Mimikyu ghosts that keeps trying to dress up like a Pikachu! That's always so cute! You even did a nice job on your little costume! Here's lookin' at you, Pikachu! And, WHOA! HOLY POPPING SNAPSTICKS, SLOANE, I TOTALLY DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE! Really, I kind of thought Madder here was bringing me a flowery shrub and then I found out it's yoooou! You kinda scared me.

So hey, come on in! I know, I've got some explaining to do. Once you've shut the door, I'll try to explain everything. Got it? Yeah, I gotta keep this really quiet.

Well, okay, here goes.

You're totally right that I used to be a Stalker. Trust me, when a Pokémon gets tricked by an Enthraller, it's awful. You can only just watch yourself as the Enthraller takes over your head and it's like you can only watch from the inside as your body gets treated like a puppet! If you try to get help, the Enthraller doesn't let you. They only let you have control just so you continue to blend in and no one else suspects a thing. But I'm sure you guys know that by now.

So, you're probably thinking I should be dead, right? Well... yeah, that's kind of true. A Sin Purge ritual does have to kill the Pokémon host to pulverize the Enthraller, but it turns out Utopia really is a nice place to get sent to after that! But even after all that, I have a new life, new job, and that... *shhh* I'm working as an undercover agent for Utopia now. Ever since that incident in Serenity Town, I realized what exactly we're up against and I decided to join the fight.

Well, considering what happened in Valdyne and how that whole thing erupted into total war that ended up destroying the whole world, the fun folks in Utopia can't deploy Utopia Angels into living realms anymore. And they lost four of them in that incident. Not pretty. As you can probably tell, the war between Utopia and Abyss isn't over and we're all right in the middle of it. Turns out, a former Stalker is actually their best shot at understanding how Stalkers behave. Right now, the Abyss thinks I'm just another run of the mill Furret. Thankfully, Undone never made it back to tell them all about me. Wow, believe me when I say "goooood riddance!"

As you guys already know, Southwarren is their target this time. I've managed to keep things under wraps here, but we need to work quickly to make this turn out right. Last time, in Serenity Town, Adis didn't keep it hushed up enough that he was performing a Sin Purge Ritual. Yeah, that got him killed, unfortunately. Well, I'm here to do a Sin Purge Ritual, but we need to be a little more covert here because we don't want Abyss to find out just how these things work. Last time, they knew nothing about it so they never knew what hit them. But now, they know such a thing that seeks out and blows up Enthrallers with white fire exists. They can't find out the truth about me either, so I could really use a bodyguard during the nightshifts while I do my work here. Don't worry, I already know how to draw the Sin Purge Circle and I know the Divine Judgment Statement, but it's the other stuff I need.

I need you guys to help me collect some stuff for it. I can't go out there to get it because I might end up the same way as Adis. Now, I can totally do the Sin Purge Ritual, but unlike before, I need to bless the items for the ritual rather than us using relics and artifacts directly from Utopia, which were already blessed. Now, to Sin Purge, I'm going to need this little shopping list for each Stalker:

FOR EACH STALKER

• 1 Candle
• 1 Bowl
• 1 Cup of Water
• 1 Stalker Sample
• The Stalker's Name

IN GENERAL

• A Fire Source to light the candles.

It seems like you have found some stuff already! That's great! I have two spare bowls that we could use for this, but I haven't blessed them just yet. I didn't want to get started on this until I knew I had some helpers.

I can bless one item per cycle. Yep, this is going to take me a bit of time and turning an everyday item into something blessed and charged with Utopian power is a bit of work, yeah. I've gone through your inventory and I've rearranged what items can be used for the Sin Purge. I've also added those two spare Porcelain bowls that I have, but we're going to need more. How many... I'm not sure. I still don't know how many Stalkers there are out there.

For Candles

Seems like you found one candle already, which is great, but we're going to need some more. There may be more out there in places you haven't searched yet, but the other thing you can do is ask for them before an interview. If you strike a good rapport with that Pokémon, they might have a few they can spare!

For Bowls

Sweet, we've got three bowls already with yours and mine combined! I'm thinking we're probably going to need more than that, though. As with the candles, there's probably some more bowls out there. We can also try asking for bowls before interviews, but we can't ask too much of these Pokémon. Ask for either candles or bowls, but I wouldn't ask for both. It might also look suspicious to the Stalkers if we ask everyone in town for those two specific items everywhere.

For Water

Oh, this is easy! I can bless the water straight from my kitchen sink! I just need a bowl to put that water in first! That and it still takes me half a day to make 1 cup of holy water, but at least you don't need to worry about fetching something for it! And yeah, I only brought two bowls with me. I didn't exactly come to Southwarren with a Utopian moving truck, ha, ha!

For the Stalker's Name

When the Sin Purge Ritual is activated, the judgment light of Utopia needs to know who the targets are. Maybe you've heard of Stalker names here and there. I haven't heard them yet because I've been trying to keep quiet in here, but I'm going to need those. They get arrogant and like to intimidate Pokémon with their creepy names, so hopefully they make that mistake quite often. Once you've uncovered a few, talk to me and I'll jot them down for later when I flag them as targets during the ritual. And if you hear more later on, give me the update!

For the Fire Source

Oh wow, you've got this taken care of already! So we can use the [Industrial Blowtorch], the [Laboratory Burner], or the [Barbecue Lighter] as our platform to turn into a Ceremonial Fire Lighter. We just need one, don't need all three! I think that big blowtorch would work just fine!

For the Stalker Samples

This is where things are going to get a little tricky. Pokémon can drop a feather, a bit of fur, or what have you every now and then. Even our Stalkers. We're going to need a tiny bit of them to help the judgment fire identify our targets. Besides blessing one item per cycle, I can also spend that cycle trying to verify one of these potential samples by screening them. Seems like you found quite a few! Thing is, I'm sure plenty of them belong to normal, everyday Pokémon and aren't going to be of much help to us. But... I've got to test all of them out. The other things is in order to successfully smite a Stalker, we need both the name and the corresponding sample. Just one or the other isn't going to do it, unfortunately.

If we rack all that up, we could do a Sin Purge Ritual so we don't have to deal with the Stalkers directly. It's a lot safer than trying to find their underground lairs. Yeah, that mirror you guys found... BE CAREFUL WITH THAT! I have a feeling that's just the start of what these Stalkers have lurking around this place!

There's just one little thing. You guys really need to watch my back. PLEASE watch my back during the nightshifts. If a Stalker barges in here when I'm not ready and finds out who I really am and what's going on in here, we're goners!

Dark Event 3 has been revealed:
The Stalkers successfully kill #45 Tashy the Furret and the Sin Purge Ritual is compromised.
XXX/Tashy the Furret killed by the Stalkers

So please have someone watch my back at night. I'll let you choose the music we listen to! And you help yourself to the brownies and cookies I made.

So, if you've got any questions, please ask! I'm also available for a chat any time. Let's do this! :3

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Things you can do with Tashy the Furret

Tashy will bless one "Items to be Blessed" and will screen through one "Untested Pokémon Samples" each cycle. If you want her to bless a different item first and/or screen through a different sample first as opposed to going in strictly in their currently listed order (in case you want to change item prioritization or want her to test a sample you think might have more potential to be a Stalker's), you can make a special request by using the Mention function with her and then say "hey, Tashy, please try Blessing "ABC" and Screening Sample "XYZ" first. She'll make those her next priority.

Tashy can only perform the Sin Purge Ritual ONCE, because once she does, she will need to take off and run back to Utopia. If there are Stalkers that remain after it because not everything was acquired to target them, Tashy will head back to Utopia and Dark Event 3 becomes Inactive, but all remaining Stalkers need to be either Exorcized or Assassinated to complete the game.

Good luck!