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

[AgloMe Oen]

Fiiiinnneee silence is too annoying. I'll take the three bloodstained items (triangle, cross, and ring) to the Temple of the Light. it's not my fault if I take more than three sanity damage...

You're right, silence is annǫ̡̧̲̱̖͓̊̾̍ͩ͗͐̂ͨ͑ͨ̃̏ͨͨ̄͂ͯying. I've always preferred S̷͏̻̠͓̲̗͔Ç̠̲͚̪̯̳̖͖̕̕R̨̡͖̪͈̪͔ͅÉ̤̩͖̰͚͍͙̩͞A͖̤͔̥̩̩̹M ̦̲͈̱̠͜I͏͕͔͙̝̜Ņ̬̭̮̜̬͖̘̘G̯̰̯̬!͎̩̼̞̟̯̥́

Oh, so you're ţ̶̥̼̖̟̙̣͉̼͉͍̝̼̻͚̥̞͈̲͖ͮ͆̓̃ͥ̎̈́͂͊̑̒̅ͧ̎̍́ he one doing THAT. So you're going to love th̞̰͈̣̮̙̼i͢s͎͟! So as you're feeling all spunky-like with the ego I̦̩̘͜ͅ ̯͜c̝̭̤̺͜a͓̠̜̠̟̟n̛͕͕͓'̳̭t̛̞̪̦͖͖̣ ̼̱͎̣̺̯͍͠W̦Ą̺͍̠̙̹̳I͇̩̖̟̮̜Ț͉͉͙̫ to poke some̸̬͚̦̥̘͎̗͉̯͍͓̝͈̬̍̎͂͛ͨͫ͆͗ͤͫ̔̓̑̇͒͘ͅ fun at, you take the Blo ǫ̡̧̲̱̖͓̊̾̍ͩ͗͐̂ͨ͑ͨ̃̏ͨͨ̄͂ͯ dstained Triangle, Cross, and Ring to the oh-so-lovely Temple of the Light, which you can easily ţ̶̥̼̖̟̙̣͉̼͉͍̝̼̻͚̥̞͈̲͖ͮ͆̓̃ͥ̎̈́͂͊̑̒̅ͧ̎̍́ell some Stalker had a̗̤͇̲n̼̩̜͜ ̤͓̠a͈̺̖̺̞͉͇͠b̭̱̖̖̟̰s̹̟͙̹̥̭̻̕o̶̖l̯͙̫͙u̫ṭ͉̭̹̝̘̞ e̩̬ͅ b͙̹a͙̰̣̭̼̩͕͟l͓͖̩͎͘l̰̯̼̬̮ of a time with.

You decide to assemble the three Bloodstained componen ţ̶̥̼̖̟̙̣͉̼͉͍̝̼̻͚̥̞͈̲͖ͮ͆̓̃ͥ̎̈́͂͊̑̒̅ͧ̎̍́ s onto the door, which kinda feels like some annoying kids puzzle until you figure out hǫ̡̧̲̱̖͓̊̾̍ͩ͗͐̂ͨ͑ͨ̃̏ͨͨ̄͂ͯw they go together and they form the wonderfully U̟͈̘̗̥̻̲̕ͅN̸̸͞ͅH̭͔͕́ͅǪ̯̻̰͔̘̦̞L̛͙̻̀Y̷̳̮̝̤̰̞̺͚̭ ̴̧͙͈̮͙̤̼͇̘͠Ṣ̛̭̕Y̙͕M̡̛̼͈͚̺̘̠̖̳B̨̻͔͖̩͜͟Ọ̮̕͜͠L̀ ̱̪̘̗ ͏̦̳̳͔̀O̜͍̰̟F̻͓̗̀ ̢̻͟X̤̼͖̰̺̥̩͜ͅI͍̣͉̙͎͝L̝̤̮̞L͙̫̱̹̞̩̥̖̕͟.

{Bloodsţ̶̥̼̖̟̙̣͉̼͉͍̝̼̻͚̥̞͈̲͖ͮ͆̓̃ͥ̎̈́͂͊̑̒̅ͧ̎̍́ained Dǫ̡̧̲̱̖͓̊̾̍ͩ͗͐̂ͨ͑ͨ̃̏ͨͨ̄͂ͯor: Missing Ring, Missing Triangle, Missing Cross}

Items [Bloodstained Cross], [Bloodstained Triangle], and [Blo ǫ̡̧̲̱̖͓̊̾̍ͩ͗͐̂ͨ͑ͨ̃̏ͨͨ̄͂ͯ dstained Ring] have been remǫ̡̧̲̱̖͓̊̾̍ͩ͗͐̂ͨ͑ͨ̃̏ͨͨ̄͂ͯved from the inventǫ̡̧̲̱̖͓̊̾̍ͩ͗͐̂ͨ͑ͨ̃̏ͨͨ̄͂ͯry, because duh, you used them and don'ţ̶̥̼̖̟̙̣͉̼͉͍̝̼̻͚̥̞͈̲͖ͮ͆̓̃ͥ̎̈́͂͊̑̒̅ͧ̎̍́ need them anymore.

The door unlocks, but not without a little...

#Trigger Bloodstaine̸̬͚̦̥̘͎̗͉̯͍͓̝͈̬̍̎͂͛ͨͫ͆͗ͤͫ̔̓̑̇͒͘ͅd Blade: Steel# Trap 20% Evasion Test: 59 ǫ̡̧̲̱̖͓̊̾̍ͩ͗͐̂ͨ͑ͨ̃̏ͨͨ̄͂ͯut of 100: FAILED!

Marta has suffered 1 Damag e̸̬͚̦̥̘͎̗͉̯͍͓̝͈̬̍̎͂͛ͨͫ͆͗ͤͫ̔̓̑̇͒͘ͅ to Health (Reduced: Steel vs Wat e̸̬͚̦̥̘͎̗͉̯͍͓̝͈̬̍̎͂͛ͨͫ͆͗ͤͫ̔̓̑̇͒͘ͅ r).

Ooh, right in the face! Okay, wasn't as painful as it c̢̥ͅo͏̛̗̮͔̺̹̪̫͚u̠͘͘l̝̯̬̘͜͡d͏̡͖̺̰̣̲̜̲ͅ have been, but thaţ̶̥̼̖̟̙̣͉̼͉͍̝̼̻͚̥̞͈̲͖ͮ͆̓̃ͥ̎̈́͂͊̑̒̅ͧ̎̍́ nice, b͎͚l͇͈̘͚̦̗̣͘e̕ͅe̤̳̮̟̳͢d͞i̷ṇ̩̦̰̥̗g̙͓̟̙͝ ̠̲̺̦̜̰ͅg̳̬͟a̟̮͚̘̦̥s̺͝ḩ̖͎̩̻ͅ right there is going to be there for some time. Despite that lovely and adorable greeting, you step inside the absoluţ̶̥̼̖̟̙̣͉̼͉͍̝̼̻͚̥̞͈̲͖ͮ͆̓̃ͥ̎̈́͂͊̑̒̅ͧ̎̍́ely deplǫ̡̧̲̱̖͓̊̾̍ͩ͗͐̂ͨ͑ͨ̃̏ͨͨ̄͂ͯrable and creepy temple and already you're feeling sick and queasy like this level of evil can be compared to six burritos and then washing down that ṷ͍͍̲̻̬̤͠n̤̩̠ͅh̴͓o̩̬̰͖̟ĺy ͕͕̭b̘̼̘̯͔̹̳̕u͕̬̦̻͕̩͈r̀r͈̘̪̺͍ͅi̴t̗͍̼ơ͖ ͔̫͍̮b̶̠̮a͎̬ḅ͟y̷̮ with curdled chocolate milk. Oooh, yummy, your favorite!

You reluctantly walk up tǫ̡̧̲̱̖͓̊̾̍ͩ͗͐̂ͨ͑ͨ̃̏ͨͨ̄͂ͯ the front of the temple, where all the statues of Arceus have been vandalized in really creepy and disgusting, but F҉͔̙͔U̼̗͖͕͉͠N̤͢ ways. Some are missing heads, other have pretty hilarious graffiti on them, if you're a psycho, and everything around the floor and the walls looks like a d͏̬͕̣ẹ͍͔̬͇͠r̼͈̩̼͕͖͇ạ́n̵̞͕̙͕g̟̬̜͉e̯͉̙d͈̟̗̻̮͝ ͉̣͔́k̪̩̀i̻̠͓̘d͉̣̝͞ ̺̘͎̮f̬̘ṛ̺͢o̪m͉̠̥ͅ ͍Ḁ̫ͅby̫̟͎̱̭̮̠s͎̻͍̠̫̱̝s͇͔͍̬̕l̝̪̯̼̜̪a̮̞͇n̢̺͓͈̻͖ ̙ḏ ̰̣̟g̡͈r̶͖̟̗̪a̱͟ͅbb̧͚e̗̯̻͙d̥͚̠̦ ̗͚̥̮a̭͕͡ ̜̝̯̼̟̯̰b̘͕u̖͎̜̟͎̭n̴̻̤͎̝͔c̫̙̳͖h̘͔͖̭̭̩͖͝ ̸̯̱͓͕͕of̺̰̲̜ ̤͜g̛̺o͉͝r̳̘̜̹̱̥̟e̩͔̮-̲̤̤̖t͓̪̲͖̥̯h͉̱̦̮̻e̬̪̲̤̦m̟̙̭̮̠e̗d̼͉͓ ̛m͕a͔̫̤̤̻̼g̳̻̩̻į̯̝͕c̛͖̥̠̹̩ ̗̣͙̠̮͜m̗̤̩͎̤̪a͈̳̼͈̤̖̝͘r͕͖k͖̙̪̳͚̫͓e̩͍̘r͖̣̮͉̘̥̝͜s͖̻͈ ̰̥̮͇ ̞̦̪̟a̮̘̝̝̠̮ͅnd͇̺͕̰͔͓ ̝l̝̩̬̖͓̟͡ḙ̭̭ͅṱ̷̥̱͕̤͉̱ ̟̮̤t̺͕̠̮͎̭̭h̛͖̦̳̮̣̦͉e̞̟̖͕̪ir̗̙̫̳͔͕̲ ̱̣̰͔̹̹i̝ma̩̳͙g̴̣̦͔i͠n͈̻̯̝̤̲a͎͓͈͞t̝̞i̦̤͇̝̲̗͝o̻̻̜̪͡ͅ ̪̭n̬̥ ̸̭̺̟̻͉̜c͈̱̝͚͟o͔m͇͚͓̹e͈̩͉̣ ̩̪̭̭t̢̠̪o͈̬͇͘ ͉͖̥̱̙l̷̻̭̞͈͖i҉f̤̖̦̻̭̥͘e̲!̱

@Re̸̬͚̦̥̘͎̗͉̯͍͓̝͈̬̍̎͂͛ͨͫ͆͗ͤͫ̔̓̑̇͒͘ͅndering of Blood@ (2 Saniţ̶̥̼̖̟̙̣͉̼͉͍̝̼̻͚̥̞͈̲͖ͮ͆̓̃ͥ̎̈́͂͊̑̒̅ͧ̎̍́y Damage just for you!)

Marta has suffered 2 Damage to Sanity!

Iţ̶̥̼̖̟̙̣͉̼͉͍̝̼̻͚̥̞͈̲͖ͮ͆̓̃ͥ̎̈́͂͊̑̒̅ͧ̎̍́ makes you fee̸̬͚̦̥̘͎̗͉̯͍͓̝͈̬̍̎͂͛ͨͫ͆͗ͤͫ̔̓̑̇͒͘ͅl like you're hallucinating and the meaţ̶̥̼̖̟̙̣͉̼͉͍̝̼̻͚̥̞͈̲͖ͮ͆̓̃ͥ̎̈́͂͊̑̒̅ͧ̎̍́bag merry go round from the apocalypse just doesn't want to stop! No, it goes F̴͍̺̭͚̻̜A̱Ș̡Ṭ́E̙̫̱̟ͅR̷͚̦̹̲ just to spite you! How's that chocolate milk feeling by the way?



You stagger and wobble around like you've been whacked in the head with a crobar ţ̶̥̼̖̟̙̣͉̼͉͍̝̼̻͚̥̞͈̲͖ͮ͆̓̃ͥ̎̈́͂͊̑̒̅ͧ̎̍́ he devil himself neglected in his garage for the last three-hundred ye̸̬͚̦̥̘͎̗͉̯͍͓̝͈̬̍̎͂͛ͨͫ͆͗ͤͫ̔̓̑̇͒͘ͅars, but you finally make it to the temple altar where everything is cǫ̡̧̲̱̖͓̊̾̍ͩ͗͐̂ͨ͑ͨ̃̏ͨͨ̄͂ͯvered in blood, hate, feces, sin, piss, a little gore here and there, vomit, and some other unholy-smelling stains you can't identify. But in the middle of the altar awaits your prized reward! Why, the whole reason why you came here, of course!

You find some grizzly-looking b̸̬͔̹̤̘̟l̵̰̙ͅa̜̱̼çk̹͚̬͙͡ k̘̱e̝̝̥͙͙̰͠y̱͓̟̲͙ͅ ̪̭̜̥̱o̤̣f͕̝̥̰́ ̱̞̟ͅh̻̼a̳t̻̲̪̻̙͉͞r̩̞e̫̜̯ḏ̴̯̗̞ ̷͙a̕ṋ͖̯͉̳̗d̦̹͕̤͈̰ͅ ̠͔̣͟d̡̯͈̙͎̠̜e̙̫̫͝a̛̲̪̖̼̙̠̫th̨͖̘̹̘͎ from the gothic black ages and it has a lovely little number on it in shiny gold trim. 7734. You take it because ha ha, leaving it just sitting there would be pretty s ţ̶̥̼̖̟̙̣͉̼͉͍̝̼̻͚̥̞͈̲͖ͮ͆̓̃ͥ̎̈́͂͊̑̒̅ͧ̎̍́ upid.

Item [7734 Key] has been added to the Team Inventory. I did it for you, so you can't say I never do anything nice!

It's time to go! Of course, all the disţ̶̥̼̖̟̙̣͉̼͉͍̝̼̻͚̥̞͈̲͖ͮ͆̓̃ͥ̎̈́͂͊̑̒̅ͧ̎̍́ance you traveled to get here now needs to be taken all the way to the exit. You make your way back thrǫ̡̧̲̱̖͓̊̾̍ͩ͗͐̂ͨ͑ͨ̃̏ͨͨ̄͂ͯugh Creepsville and y̥̒͛͌́̾o͇͍̭̝̦͇͙ͪ̆͘u̩̘̝͖̼͇̎͛̒̀͋̀͘ ̻̫̜̲̟͙̠̃̃̍̄ͧ͠p̸͖̜̻͇̖̭̬o̽͢p̮̣͑ͣ. You just have to vomit ALL OVER one of the pews like there was a Caterpie sitting on it and you wanted that Caterpie to be absolutely D͖̲R͓̙̮͚O̠̺̖̙̝̦W͉͎N̨̼̪̤̝͙E̻̻D ̠̩̪̞̣̥͜i̴̠̞̠͓̟̬̥n b͕̳̣̠͢a̰̣͈r̞͍̹̤̪f̢̩̯ ̪a̷͖n̡̰̱̣̫̳d̹̮̮̲̬̬ ̢͍͈͇̫͙̬̣d̮͔͝í͎͕e ͎̜͚͚̝͖̜i̧̙͈͔̬̖͙ń̙ ̬̜̤̦ą̥̳ s̳̜̻̮͉ͅp̩̬̺͎̰e̖̮̥͔̖̳c̰̬̘̮͝t̟a̧c̬͖͉͇̦̤̞͡u͔̣̦̰̝l̹̠̪͝ ̮̬a͉̠̺̫̝̰r͔͖̦̺̪̥͢l͇̺̠̬̰̱̙y̗̱͓̦͕̙̮͡ ҉̻̤d̡̫i̢̪̫͍̳͎͓s̫̦g͈͉͓̰̺̭̯u̶̹̺̘̟̹̙ͅs̳̀t̷̞ì̘̱̮n̨̮̺̳ ̠g͏͚̪ ̖f̦̰̠̠̜̙͟a̤͙̬s̯̰h͏̮i͍ǫ̥n̯̕. Now that's a REAL Bye Bye Butterfree episode! Unfortunately, that doesn't actually happen, but you do vomit quite a bit on your way out.

And then you finally make it to the exit. Wow, sw e̸̬͚̦̥̘͎̗͉̯͍͓̝͈̬̍̎͂͛ͨͫ͆͗ͤͫ̔̓̑̇͒͘ͅ et Southwarren industrial air never SMELLED SO GOOD! As yǫ̡̧̲̱̖͓̊̾̍ͩ͗͐̂ͨ͑ͨ̃̏ͨͨ̄͂ͯu make your way back to base, you really wonder if Utopia should be paying you to do this for them.

Cheerio!

Marta the Buizel (M: Water)

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

[Neo Emolga]

Search: (46) The Morning Chime Motel

You head to the southern area of Southwarren, where you find the Morning Chime Motel. According to some of the locals, this motel isn't even within city lines, but at the moment, you don't think that's a factor.

At a first glance, it seems the place is very empty. Even though the building is large and has plenty of rooms, you don't seen anyone coming or going at all, and it easily seems like none of the rooms have been rented out to anyone for the past few weeks at least. You're really not sure how Vols keeps this place going, but somehow he does.

You search around the exterior, but you don't find anything that stands out besides some trash, junk piles, debris, and other signs of litter and neglect. You get the idea that Vols doesn't hire anyone to take care of the grounds and isn't too concerned with the state of the motel. It seems like a "take it or leave it" situation and most Pokémon have decided to just leave it. Between this and the Copperplate Hotel, Southwarren doesn't seem to have their hospitality industry covered very well.

You start searching the motel room by room. Most of the rooms aren't in bad shape, but they're just not inviting. The beds, as you discover, aren't much of an improvement over a prison cot. There's only one lamp for each of the rooms, the bathrooms are disgusting, and not all of them have running water. But, as you already know, it's take it or leave it to Vols.

You do find one room that looks unusual. It's in a far corner of the motel on the first floor and it seems like it hasn't been used for a while. Or at least you think that's the case until you take a closer look. Oddly enough, someone has been using this and you feel a bit of Stalker presence by the doorknob. You open it up and decide to see what's inside.

You quickly and easily discover someone is using this whole room as their own personal chamber. They've even built a makeshift altar made of gray stone slabs and strange, creepy symbols beyond Vols's scrutiny. When you approach it, you sense something in you suddenly s҉̼i̖̪͎̜̜̯͔͟n̙̳̮̮̟̺̲͢ķ̯̩͈̩ ̝̞̻̜́y̤̹̩͕̼̹͠o͈̤͉͉͘u̵͙̯̞r̹̯̞̼ ̶̬̪̮̺̠̰̺s̳͉̬ṕ̟̦̹̭͈̜i̶̥̝͕͔̮̣r͕̝͉̭̟i̯̖͖̖͔̘̫͘t͏͇̥̪̰̘ s̘͍̮̜ ͓͙̩̤͚͝d̢o̶̯w̡n̰̹̣.̷̞.́.͙

@-Hopelessness Aura@ (1 Sanity Damage)

Pixel has suffered 1 Damage to Sanity.

For a brief moment, you feel like everything you're trying to do is for nothing and never before have you felt so... insignificant. Meanwhile, as you take a closer look, the altar seems to have some groves in it where things seem to be missing. There's also an inscription here...

I can't bear to look at myself like this. But yet I want to, just to see all the ways I can die and finally make that last payment. So many ways to die. All I need is one.

Objective {Depression Altar: Missing Mirror, Missing Sigil} @-Hopelessness Aura@ (1 Sanity Damage) has been noted in the Team Records.

You decide to leave, as the altar just doesn't seem to stop making you feel more and more depressed the longer you stay around it.

You search throughout the rest of the rooms at the motel, but you don't see anything else that's unusual. You can't help but get the feel this place is a lot more depressing than when you first started searching it...

You decide to head back, hoping to maybe get your mind off of this for a while...

Pixel the Porygon-Z (M: Normal)

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