Stalkers RPG Main Action and Team Status [SEASON 4]

[Suicune's Fire]

Firstly let's make sure Lillian can heal by trading her my Sitrus Berry for her to use.

Then use my Medicine perk to heal the wounded Yungoose in (34) Bizzie's Fruit Farm

It’s still early morning when you greet your fellow Emissaries, and pass your sitrus berry over to Lillian. It’s a generous thing to do, but something you’re willing to give up for the safety of your companions.

Then, you set out to Bizzie’s Berry Farm, which you were told by Carly was absolutely ridden with shadowy malevolence. A stray thought in your head can’t help but wonder if the evil that resides there is related to Bizzie’s death at all, but you are also fully aware that the two incidents are potentially not at all connected. Regardless, as you stand staring into the murky horror yourself, a sense of strong foreboding strokes your skin, and you can’t imagine what the poor yungoose who has been trapped in there for likely days is feeling. Using the helpless pokémon as your motivation, you creep onto the property, slowly delving deeper into the tendrils of swirling darkness.

As the sense of closing darkness descends upon you further, you break into a bolt, feeling leaves brush against you as the soft earth beneath your paws leave your imprints behind. Slowly you hear an increasing band of whispers seep into your ears and begin to gnaw at you from the inside. You try to shake it off, but they only sink their teeth in further until they’re the only thing you can hear, and the only thing filling your thoughts. Your breath is laboured and your limbs begin to fail as pain shoots through your muscles with every passing step. You try closing your eyes in an effort to drive away any part of what you're feeling, but doing so only gives you the horrible visage of one of the shadowy forms themselves, saliva dripping from pointed teeth and crackling red energy scaling its form. It’s void-like eyes pierce your soul, as if trying to force their way in. It feels like a dagger in every inch of your body, s̨t͜a͍̲͉͇̮̍͐̑͐b̟͈̘̳̮̣͈b͔̠̠̪̺̫͟i̴ṇ̝̹̦g͏ ̩͈̲͚̫ͅat you u͈͓ntil̯ pa̦̺͚̦͞rt of you b̟̣͎̠̥̮̯̀͂r̓ͦ̇̅ͩ͂̓͝e̤̱̽͌̇̓̽aķ͉̺̠s̛̺̮̞.̫̠̗̞̤͖̲

Sparkstrike the Pikachu suffers 2 points of Purity damage.

You try to seal your mind off from incoming attacks, but it’s a futile attempt, and the growing malevolence only w̫̓ͪ͊͂̚raps ̺͚͎͔͕͇͑ͩ̀̾͞m̨̻͙̮̗͇ͤ͆͒͊ͧͅore tii̖̯͎̰̖̎ͦ͜g̟̼͕̥͈͙ͫͭͨ͡ḧ͕͍̲͍̬̳̔̎̓ͪͪẗ̷̜͖́̀̽ͫl̪̺ͦyͫͪ ̧̳͕͈̦ͨ ̟͇̞̖̞̭͑̓ͅa̩͉̥̗̹̺͓̒ͥ̐͂͠r̤͉͛ͦ̓̽͛oun̬ͯ͊͗ͧd̫̩̮̩̆ͮͅ ̾̉̇̄͆͒y͎̥ͮ̏ͪͧ͋ͤ͑o̵̯̬̟ͬ̿̄̒u. You focus on powering through to find the yungoose, shouting as loud as you can to try to give the pokémon some idea of where you are, but the words get caught in your throat and you feel yourself start choking on them. Various attempts to stop any percentage of this from happening merely result in louder voices and more painful scrapes into your flesh, and you can more tangibly feel your failure now than ever before. Helplessness taunts you as you run, panic escalating your poisoned mindset.

Snapping holes blink in and out of existence around you, capturing your limbs every few seconds and then vanishing again whilst trying to take them with you. You feel yȍ̢̖̭̱̎ͤ̇͗̍̚ṳ̩r skin ̧͈̞͖̱̖̠̫s̩̫̔̔̌͆ͬ̀ͅe̥̳̯͔̫̫͒ͪ̇̒ͪͅa̢͙̰͚͉͙̰͊ͮ͐͋̅̔̒ͅrͤ̍ ̧̻̣̪͇͗̿ͬ wï͎͊ͨ̓tḣ̤͉̻̦̮͋̚ ͓͖̯͇̫ͅpain with ẻ̲̭͖͇̻̱ͪ͌ͬ͜v̟͚̻̼̠̹͂͑̉ͧ͡ͅe͔̮̼͇͓̭̣ͮ̓̓̄̑̚r̹̹̦̬̜͓ͦ͒y̿ ̫̯͉̐̍̀ ͏̗͉͇̺̲̜clasp.

̶͙͕̞͔͈̞̭I͇̣ ͖̘͔̹w͞i̷̟̜͈̣͓l͇̗͈̞̬l̟̪̞̜͉ ̮̼̠͙̞̗̫̕d͏̬̞ẹ̴͈͍̥̪͇͕v͈̩̻̘̦͎o̷̱͍̳̹͚̫ͅur̤̩ ̵͉̟̝͙̱̝y͖͝o̝͓̺͞ͅu̧̖̯̖,̫̱͇͙͇̲̰̀ ̲̞͓̱̺E̸m̟̬̫͙͕ͅͅḭ͇̖ͅs̻s̲͎̻̹̻a̦̜̯̠ͅr̞̩̤̼ͅy̬̻̫.̝̻.͏̣ .̝͝

Sparkstrike the Pikachu suffers 4 points to Purity damage.

Your body suddenly seizes up as you’re sprinting through the horrors around you, and you plummet into the dirt, dragging with you bits of undergrowth and fallen sticks. You hold onto the image of the plants around you, some semblance of normalcy in this disturbing place, and try to shake free the persisting darkness progressively swallowing you up.

It’s then that you hear a voice shouting, “Hello? Have you returned?!” and your ears prick up. This voice is not like the whispers. This voice sounds real.

You break away from the churning waves of corruption and follow the voice, navigating through the menacing talons and spikes of the crops, each one more threatening than the last. Finally you come to the small form of an injured yungoose lying in the midst of fallen, crumpled crops. The normal-type looks up at you, hope in his eyes, and asks if you're there to help him. You confirm that you are, despite the attempts of evil spirits trying to overwhelm you, and you wince as you lean down and start the process of healing him.

{Wounded Yungoose: <Medicine>}

Satisfied with your work, you tell the yungoose that he should be fine for now, but that he probably needs further attention as soon as possible. The pokemon shakily stands, then thanks you, and offers to help you find a way out. He notes that you aren't looking too good, and, still feeling the corrosive sickness in your belly, you are inclined to agree.

The small normal-type begins leading you out of the property, and while he seems to be pretty unimpeded, you're constantly having to dodge fingers of darkness that spring up from below, or avoid the crashing energy whizzing around you. You can see more clearly now that there is an enormous spherical mass of darkness in the heart of the property, something that was seemingly invisible before the yungoose was healed. You don't know how, but you can determine that this is the source of the shadows.

{Corruption's Eye: <Seinaru>} was noted in the Team Records.

It's a harrowing experience, but finally you find yourself off the farm and away from the crops. You turn around, watching as the whipping, shapeless forms of darkness attempt to reach you, but are stopped by the confines of the property. Watching its failure brings you relief, and once you're sure that you're free of its grasp, you take some time to wind down and attempt to flush the negativity from your body.

The yungoose notices you and you reailse he's probably been watching you this whole time. "Are you...okay? Do you need me to take you to the apothecary?" he asks, but you politely decline, explaining that you have other means of recovery. "Okay...well, I'm heading there just to make sure I'm okay. Th...thank you very much for your help, Sir Pikachu." He deliberates for a moment and then springs forward, latching onto you in a hug. Then he pulls away and bids you farewell, leaving you along again.


Sparkstrike the Pikachu (S: Electric)

Health: 8/8 | Sanity: 8/8 | Purity: 6/12
Battle Stance: Fight
Perk: Medicine
Trait: Lucky