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

[Neo Emolga]

I'll Protect Tashy.

Edit: Whoops, didn't see Eric's second post. xD I will search Sandwoods Apartments (28a) Floors 1-3 looking for Yandil's house :O

You decide to check out the Sandwoods Apartments building in the far northwestern side of town. This apartment complex actually seems pretty welcoming where the rent is reasonable and because of that, it's definitely one of the more popular places to rent in Southwarren. It's definitely nothing fancy or frilly, but it's cozy enough for most of the middle-class and working-class Pokémon can live here comfortably. The wooden floor is generally clean, the lighting is modern, and while there are a few scuff marks on the white-painted sheetrock walls, it's nothing major that a new coat of paint wouldn't fix once they get around to doing it.

You decide to check out the first three floors. At this time of night, most of the Pokémon are asleep, though there are still a few, especially the dark and ghost types, that are still up and about. As you expected, most of the apartments are occupied. You're able to check out most of them, hiding in the shadows, but you don't really find too many things out of the ordinary. Most Pokémon are pretty diligent in keeping their living areas clean and in good condition, save for a few exceptions.

When you get to Apartment 8, things seem a little strange. Someone violently scratched out the "8" and gave it a new number of "553590." You have a feeling the landlord isn't aware of this and this particular room was supposed to be vacant. It could be for any number of reasons. Renovations, reserved for future tenants, or other similar reasons, but as it stands, it seems like someone is using it when they're not supposed to.

You try to get into it but the door is locked. It doesn't seem like a complex lock, so maybe someone might be able to pick it. Since it doesn't seem like the apartment is being used as someone's residence, you have a feeling the key might be hidden somewhere.

Locked door {Locked Apartment #8 Door: 8 Emblem / <Lockpick>} has been noted in the Team Records.

On the second floor, you find Yandil's apartment, but what you mind mostly confirms what Laura already found. His apartment is one of the few that is very much in disarray simply because he doesn't give himself time to clean it. But you can tell from his work piles is that a lot of his work is unnecessary and really hits on an obsessive compulsive disorder in terms of perfectionism.

On the third floor, you don't find anything significantly out of the ordinary either. It's nice and quiet up here and most of the Pokémon seem to be sleeping peacefully.

You decide to head back to base and tell the others what you've found.

Sarah the Archen (S: Rock/Flying)

Health: 4/4
Sanity: 3/4
Perk: Security | Learned Abilities: Escort/Protect
Failed Assassinations: 0/2

[Neo Emolga]

Clear out the park's south field tonight...

You decide to head into the southern field of Jekker Park tonight, which still feels very creepy and unsettling at night. The moonlight creates the creepiest shadows on the ground and you still here all kinds of noises that seem like they shouldn't belong in a park. But you can't identify where they're coming from or what the source of those could be.

It seems like this area of the park doesn't get too many visitors. It seems like there used to be a field here for kids to play Strikeball, but it appears it hasn't been used in ages. Grass is starting to make it hard a playing field even exists in the first place and the goal cages have already started leaning over from age and neglect.

You get to another area where there seem to be plenty of trees, but the paths no longer venture into this area. And yet, after looking on the ground, you see it seems like there are disturbances. Some of the grass becomes unusually dead and dry. You decide to follow these disturbances and they take you to what looks like a small statue of an Eevee, seemingly in the middle of nowhere. At first, it doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with it, but then you look at its face and...

...it's missing its eyes and its mouth is gaping with a massive hole. It's very disturbing and it definitely doesn't seem like anything the parks and recreation department is aware about. Meanwhile, there is a disturbing message here that looks like someone scratched it in.

STAKE HER! STAKE HER IN THE EYES AND MOUTH SO SHE CAN'T SEE YOU AND YOU CAN SHUT HER UP FOREVER!

Object {Macabre Eevee Statue: Eye Socket, Eye Socket, Mouth Socket} has been noted in the Team Records.

You take a closer look and it seems some kind of rod or pole-shaped object is intended to be rammed into each of these three sockets. Still, the depiction of an Eevee without eyes and with a gaping mouth gives it the impression like its soul was sucked out.

You check out the rest of the park, but you don't find anything else. Odd thing is, you pass by the Eevee statue two more times while searching, and you can swear its changing the way its facing...

You decide to head back, getting your fill of creepiness for the evening...

Lita the Pikachu (S: Electric)

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

[Neo Emolga]

Search: (13b) Floors 4-6

You decide to head to the Goldwell Tools Manufacturing Plant at night, where everything has been shut off for the evening hours. The lights have all been turned off, but you're able to at least look with the headlamp you have.

You find Goldwell uses this area for the engineering of new mass-production machines and factory solutions. As you can see, a lot of the machine prototypes here are built for all kinds of purposes. Some are used for cutting, sorting, coloring, coating, and many other tasks that are intended to be done countless times within seconds to hundreds of produced goods.

When you get to the fifth floor, it seems the machines here are undergoing testing and in cases where there were failures or flaws in the processes, diagnostic and troubleshooting is being done to identify the problem or make the device more effective and efficient. As you can tell, Goldwell does a lot of this diagnostic work on CAD drawings and with computers, and since they're all offline, there's really not much to see how exactly the work is going.

On this floor, you find a loose key on the floor. At first, it doesn't seem like anything too much out of the ordinary, but it seems like it's an engine ignition key. Normally, something like this could be normal around here, but it doesn't match the types of keys that Goldwell has as standard issue. But your hunch is further confirmed when you observe it closely and sense a Stalker trace on it. You decide this is definitely something you might want to hold onto.

Item [9DX Ignition Engine Key] has been added to the Team Inventory.

You then decide to head up to the sixth floor. Here, it seems like component design and evaluation is performed. As you can tell, Goldwell has also been manufacturing metallic raw material components that are intended to be involved with the production of other devices. Again, while there are many prototypes, their device designs and specifications are likely locked away on the computer workstations. Definitely doesn't seem like the kind of thing Goldwell would just want laying around casually.

While here, you find a purple scale on the floor. You look around and wonder if this might have come out naturally, was part of a minor work-related injury, or is from something else, but it seems like it would be worth it for Tashy to test this. There's no telling if this belongs to a Stalker or not, but it's worth a try.

Pokémon Sample [Purple Scale] has been added to the Team Inventory.

You finish your search through the sixth floor, but you don't find anything else. You decide to head back with the things you've found.

Pixel the Porygon-Z (M: Normal)

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

[Neo Emolga]

PXR wouldn't load yesterday, so I know I'm late with this, but if it's still allowed I'll Search: (17) Dayshare Apartments

You decide to head over to the small Dayshare Apartments building, which at night, looks pretty creepy. The building is old and is usually home to Pokémon that can barely afford to live here or can't find somewhere else to stay. You decide to check out the inside first, and it seems like the place is in really bad shape. The wooden floor is rotting and splintering, the walls are peeling apart in many places, and quite a few of the apartments don't actually have a working lock. You'd also say only about a third of the lights actually work, and with even those numbers, some of them are flickering in a somewhat spooky way.

The creepy thing that strikes you the hardest is that it seems like many of the tenants are dead. Their rooms are still filled with all their personal belongings, but no one lives there anymore except for their ghosts. Still, most of these apartments are in bad shape, also. Personally, you have the feeling you'd almost rather live in the park or under a bridge than live in a place like this that feels more like a haunted house.

It seems only three living Pokémon still reside here: Vasha, Zell, and Caka. You get the feeling none of them like it here at all, but the Sandwoods Apartment building has already reached maxed occupancy and anything else is probably beyond their budget. You check their rooms but you don't find anything unusual. The sad thing is, it seems like all three of these Pokémon could afford to move out if there was a better place within their budget to move to.

You decide to search the exterior to see if there's something of interest out there. While it is dark, you come across what looks like a ripped paper note on the wall. It seems like someone wrote it quickly and feverishly, though the words seem deranged and are incoherent...



Message =The Paper Rambling= has been noted in the Team Records.

It definitely seems to be Overkill's work and it gives you the creeps. But, at least it's not nearly as bad as coming across unholy blood rituals and cursed, bloody nails. Compared to those, this is pleasant in comparison.

You decide to head back to base for the rest of the night.

Hope the Alolan Vulpix (S: Ice)

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