Stalkers RPG Main Action and Team Status [SEASON 4]

[Neo Emolga]

Alright, First things first I gotta munch on these berries. 1 Sitrus berry, 2 Spelon, and 2 Starf berries should bring me to tip top shape.

After a fine snack I shall make my way downtown to speak with Willow, I need to tell them about this underground drug trade going on. This information isn't free though, Those darn drug traders have a certain Utopian item the other emissaries and myself have been looking for and I would very much appreciate it if we were given it as soon as these criminals are captured. I'll have to discuss the matter diplomatically with Willow while I've got their attention.

I will quickly eat berries to restore health, then go with Adrian to talk to Willow.

After that, I will eat an enigma berry, equip the Starhail Staff and investigate Krenta's body.

Adrian and Carly have avoided the followers of the Abyss...

After eating a Sitrus, two Spelon, and two Starf berries, Adrian feels much better and more capable than he did before.

Adrian has gained 4 points of Health, 4 points of Sanity, and 4 points of Purity.

Tonight, Carly decides to join him and before they head out, she eats a Sitrus Berry and a Oran Berry.

Carly has gained 6 points of Health.

After that, she takes the Starhail Staff and joins Adrian as they both head out the door.

Feeling much more refreshed now, you both head out into the night to find Willow and tell her the truth. It takes a bit of time to track her down to her first floor apartment in the Trinket Tower, but Adrian first approaches and knocks on her door, knowing if this Sway operation is to be intercepted, it needs to be done tonight or that window of opportunity is gone.

After knocking on her front door, she opens it and you see the Miltank before you, wondering what's going on.

"Hello, Willow," Adrian greets her. "We found out what's going on at Shila's Educations. Sansheel and Desnim are using the area to smuggle Sway. "

"We don't have a whole lot of time," Carly clues her in. "After tonight, whatever they've been doing will be finished."

"Figures" she mutters, sighing. "Not surprised with those two clowns, but if Sway smuggling operations are involved... right, I'd better get Typhen and Zephie to look into this. They have no tolerance for Sway abuse and I'm sure they'd be happy to have an opportunity to nip something like this in the bud. We'd better go right now."

"They have something we need," Adrian tells Willow. "It's a Utopian charm and right now it's in their possession."

"It's yours if we can get it," Willow tells you. "Hopefully they still have it..."

Traveling with Willow, you both head to the Mercenary Guild, knowing that's where Typhen is usually stationed. The three of you run there quickly, knowing chances are good Sansheel and Desnim may be close to finishing and if this is to work, they need to be caught red-handed, in the act.

Once you all arrive at the Mercenary Guild, you find your way past the several groups of mercenaries exchanging supplies and information to find the Luxio, having just wrapped up a conversation with some of his associates.

"Typhen, we've got a problem," Willow addresses him.

"It's a Sway smuggling operation being handled by Sansheel and Desnim," Carly gives him the details. "Tonight may be their big night and they tried to bribe us."

"They may be finishing up tonight," Adrian tells Typhen and the others. "Whatever they had hidden all this time may be out in the open now."

"Let me get Zephie and a few of the others," Typhen tells you both, looking like he's going to enjoy this. "I've been itchin' to shut down these clowns for a while, but it's been a pain without enough probable cause."

Typhen leaves for just a moment, but shortly after, Zephie the Scrafty is behind him, followed by a battle-seasoned Beartic, a guile Nuzleaf, a watchful and vigilant Vaporeon, and a bulky Electrivire. You both have a distinct feeling Sansheel and Desnim are not going to have a good time.

"Shila's Educations, huh?" Zephie asks with a sinister smile, cracking her knuckles. "Punks probably thought a schoolyard wasn't a place anyone would think of searching to find that Sway crap."

"We almost missed them, they're about to wrap up tonight," Typhen tells the rest of the crew. "But I did say almost. Let's go."

You all follow the band of veteran mercenaries to Shila's Educations, and it's quite clear this is definitely not going to be hard for them at all. It's the eight of you versus only the two of them. Quickly and quietly, the nine of you approach the schoolyard, and you can see Sansheel the Poliwhirl and Desnim the Eelektrik. They're unloading several packs of material, which isn't so obvious quite yet that it's Sway, but you imagine it's because they're ready to load them up and send them off to their other clients in the smuggling ring.

Typhen takes point, arranging his team into a tactical formation around the perimeter. You both imagine he's been on much harder missions before, so to him and the rest of his team, this is probably a walk in the park, but he's still taking precautions. Willow and the both of you decide to accompany Typhen while Zephie keeps a lookout, directing the other members of the team. It already doesn't look too good for Sansheel and Desnim as they've got absolutely no where to run now.

Just as Sansheel digs up the final packages of the Sway cache, the four of you approach them. At first, Sansheel looks up and sees Adrian and Carly first, admirably thinking you both might be here to help him, but then he sees Willow and Typhen standing besides you. The look on his face immediately goes south.

"You... ratted us out," Sansheel looks back at you, highly disappointed. "Quite the little snitches, aren't you?"

"We were never on your side, Sansheel," Adrian reminds him. "You can't win this."

"You know what Sway does to Pokémon," Carly tells him. "Nobody wins from this."

"Oh, we'll see about that, now!" Sansheel shouts out, moving in for the attack.

Desnim quickly joins him, thinking you four are the only ones involved in this ambush. But that quickly goes into the gutter when the Electrivire slams right into him and the Beartic immediately rams the side of Desnim's head with his icy fist, nearly putting the Eelektrik into a concussion.

A short fight breaks out, but it doesn't last for long. Only three of the mercenaries actually get involved, including Zephie, and before you know it, both Sansheel and Desnim are pulverized so fast that some of the other mercenaries that wanted to get in on the action are left disappointed.

"Are you kidding me?" the Vaporeon asks in shock, disappointed she didn't get to even get one attack in. "Come on, I wanted to get in on that!"

"Man, you two losers are perfect for each other," Zephie laughs, picking a dazed Sansheel and dizzy Desnim off the ground. "Couldn't even give us twenty seconds of fighting."

"S-Screw you," Sansheel spits. "There were like... nine of you and... o-only two of us."

"Go cry to a wall about it, you two are busted," Zephie smiles cynically at him. "Come on, let's go and collect all this garbage."

Before they're dragged away, you approach Sansheel and Typhen joins you.

"Fork it over," Adrian demands from him.

"F-fork what over?" Sansheel asks.

"The Utopian charm," Carly remind him. "The one you bribed us with before."

"I sold it!" he laughs. "Ha, ha, bet you didn't-"

Before he finishes, Typhen charges up his electricity and Zephie quickly lets him go knowing what's about to go down. Seconds later, Typhen unleashes a furious Thunderbolt attack into the Poliwhirl, thoroughly electrocuting him. When the harsh electrical discharge is over, Sansheel collapses like a rag doll.

"Bastard's probably lying," Typhen tells you. "Search him."

Adrian moves in and search through Sansheel's pouches and packs, finding a lot of papers, keys, but then you come across the Utopian charm that he taunted you with. You pull it out and feel it radiating with a holy glow.

"Yep," Typhen nods.

[Angel's Dawn] has been added to the Team Inventory.

"They bribed you?" Willow asks, surprised. "The nerve of these two hooligans..."

"Yep," Carly rolls her eyes as Adrian shurgs. "500 Splinters to let this go on."

Willow sighs, but she nods and she reaches into one of her pouches. After pulling out a Gem, she looks to you, and hands it to you.

"You did the right thing," Willow tells you, offering the Purple Gem to you. "I know this isn't as much as what they promised you, but you've helped make this town a safer and cleaner place. Sway... it's no good and it just covers up the problems that Pokémon need to face head-on."

[Purple Gem] has been added to the Team Inventory.

SIDE MISSION COMPLETED: "Willow's Hunch"!

Thanks to your efforts, the streets of Salvage Keep will be cleaner, safer, and healthier with this drug smuggling operation shut down.

Adrian Aylian the Lucario (M: Fighting/Steel)

Health: 10/10 | Sanity: 8/8 | Purity: 10/10
Battle Stance: Fight
Perk: Diplomacy
Trait: Resourceful

Carly the Yanmega (L: Bug/Flying)

Health: 12/12 | Sanity: 8/8 | Purity: 8/8
Battle Stance: Flee
Perk: Technical
Trait: Nimble
Equipment: [E: Starhail Staff] (2d12 holy damage), Enigma Berry (until Day 9 Night Cycle