Stalkers RPG Main Action and Team Status [SEASON 5]

[Neo Emolga]

BBF628E1-BB5A-4E6A-827A-C8F04CA6CA5E.jpeg Since exploring the mall has been sorted, I’ll go and search (3) Redstone Motel. Hopefully I’ll come out of there with a few extra Sochas!

I will investigate the Redstone Motel. (prepares a shot...just in case)

[Lita's Arrow Count: (1 nocked, 29/30 in the quiver)]

As the sun began to set, Misty the Palpitoad and Lita the Pikachu decided to both head toward the Redstone Motel, only a very short walk away from the steel mill. With the sun sinking down, the temperature became slightly cooler, but still had that dusty feeling to it as some of the wind gusts were wafting around them. Not knowing what exactly might be lurking in the dark at these hours sent a chill through Lita’s yellow fur while Misty was keeping a watchful eye, making sure no shadows were moving about when they shouldn’t have been…

Meanwhile, the large gray-brick building itself was fairly large with hundred of rooms. With every room reported to be occupied, many of the Pokémon inside the rooms were turning on their lights as the night was beginning to creep overhead minute by minute, which aided a bit in illuminating some of the surrounding grounds, but only to an extent, leaving many areas around quickly shrouded in darkness with the diminishing sunlight.

“Probably won’t be long until it’s pitch-black around here,” Misty told Lita as they approached the large building. “Any idea on where we should start?”

“Let’s check around the exterior first while there’s still light out,” Lita replied, keeping her steel bow nocked and ready just in case.

Misty agreed and both of them did one walk around the exterior of the large building before it got too dark. First thing they noticed was the grounds weren’t too maintained. Pieces of trash and debris were common, and they weren’t sure if it was from some Pokémon just being negligent, or if this was old trash blown over from pre-OMEN days and just happened to blow their way here.

Despite being ready for anything to strike, nothing out of the ordinary was found around the outside. Thankfully, they were still within the safety of the refuge area, but around this area, one couldn’t be too careful, especially with some of the howls and sheiks occasionally echoing from beyond the refuge area…

Once they were confident the exterior was fine, they soon began to search the interior areas and hallways, which were now illuminated with electric lighting and had carpeted floors that looked like they hadn’t been cleaned for quite some time. However, that too, didn’t look entirely maintained as occasionally one of the bulbs had gone out and the shadows crept in where those occurrences took place.

Most of the numbered rooms inside were occupied and locked. There was one of them, Room 219, that looked like it had its door ajar, but appeared to be totally dark on the inside. Lita decided to lead the way inside, slowly pushing the door open and being ready for anything.

“Hello?” she asked, reaching for the light switch. “Anyone in here?”

There was no response, so Lita turned on the light and instantly the room was flushed in a dimly-lit glow. Only a single overhead lamp turned on, and it looked to be covered with dust and cobwebs.

Meanwhile, the room itself was in disarray. The bed was still unmade, personal belongings like shawls, bags, and papers were scattered around, and drawers that had garments hanging out were left hanging open.

“Kind of seems like someone left in a hurry,” Misty told Lita.

“It does,” Lita replied with a nod, looking around the room. “Did they know they were being targeted? And how long ago was it since they’ve been here?”

Lita looked around for answers, and she saw the signs. A blanket that was thrown on the floor was already caked with a layer of dust, and a two-gallon container of water on the wooden dresser was now bone-dry. Packages of food had expiration dates on the verge of coming up while fruit that was in the kitchenette had rotted away a long time ago.

“Seems like they’ve been gone for quite a while,” Lita told Misty, drawing a conclusion from the signs around the room.

“Eh, yeah, I was starting to think that, too,” Misty grimaced at the sight of the fruit.

Realizing the room’s previous occupant likely left in a hurry and was never going to return, they started looking for anything that might still be useful. At first, papers, writing supplies, cups, and other everyday items were what they found scattered about the room, but in an old leather backpack, they found a wallet with some money inside. They decided to split it evenly among the two of them.

The $60 Sochas$ have been divided between Misty and Lita (30 Each).

The next baggage container held more blankets and shawls, while the forest-green duffle bag held a metallic combat longbow that seemed to be only lightly used. Meanwhile, a whole bundle of arrows tied in a bunch were right under it.

“Seems fairly new,” Misty told Lita, looking over the weapon they just found. “I wonder why they left it.”

“From the looks of things,” Lita replied, looking around, “they were in a hurry and probably couldn’t afford to carry it. Well, I doubt they’re ever going to come back to get it, so it might be a good idea for us to take it with us.”

“Coin flip?” Misty asked, pulling out one of the newly acquired Sochas. “Call it!”

“Tails,” Lita declared just after Misty had flipped the coin into the air.

Loot Roll (1-100):
Misty rolls 6
Lita rolls 21

[|AW| Combat Longbow] (Adds 1d6 damage to successful attack rolls) has been added to Lita’s Pack.

After the silvery coin landed on the dirty carpeted floor, Misty and Lita looked in closer to see the result and saw the side with the lily flowers was facing up while the side with the head of King Mavren the Drampa was face-down.

“All yours,” Misty smiled, handing Lita the bow. “Seems right anyway, I’d rather not get into a fight if you don’t mind.”

“Totally okay,” Lita replied with a smile, looking over her newly acquired weapon.

Once they had checked everything else in the room, they decided it was time to move on and there was nothing else for them to find in there.

Checking through the rest of the motel, they found most of the other rooms seemed to be locked, though every now and then Pokémon would be coming and going, making their ways up and down the halls. Misty and Lita had passed by a young Hitmontop talking calmly to an older-looking Sawk while a lone Toxel simply strutted completely by herself, silent and almost lost with a faraway look in her eyes.

When Lita and Misty got to the end of the hall, the last door at the end of the hall had opened all of sudden, and shortly after, a grayish-colored Eevee with a scarred right eye and his Bayleef companion with a notched leaf on his head had emerged and almost bumped into the duo.

“Woah there!” the shiny Eevee had exclaimed, backing up on his four paws with a look of surprise.

“Hey, you two don’t look familiar,” the Bayleef told Misty and Lita. “We haven’t met before, have we?”

“I don’t think so,” Lita replied, tilting her head as she couldn’t recall if she saw a shiny Eevee and Bayleef at the mall. “We haven’t been here very long either…”

The gray-colored Eevee nodded as his expression changed to a smirk.

“Well, nice to meet you, my name’s Lucky!” the Eevee introduced himself with a bow. “And this Bayleef guy here is Isaiah.” Lucky then turned to Isaiah. “Hey, Isaiah, be polite in front of the ladies and introduce yourself!”

“You kind of already did.” Isaiah shrugged.

Misty was a bit confused, but out of her eye, she saw that it looked like one of them had dropped what looked like a green-colored rectangular piece of metal with circular holes in it. She bent down to pick it up and looked at it curiously before looking to Lucky.

“Is this yours?” she asked, presenting the metal slate to Lucky.

“Why yes!” Lucky exclaimed before suddenly looking a bit sheepish. “I mean… well, actually… no. I found it the other day and I don’t know what it is.”

“Yeah, we were out exploring and we found it by-“ Isaiah began to explain before Lucky cut him off by nudging him.

“Ha ha, yeah, we uh…” Lucky hesitated, “found it in a place where… well, yeah, where you might find things like… whatever that thing is.”

Lita leaned over to take a closer look and it seemed to make sense early on.

“Looks like a punch card,” Lita stated. “Probably a sort of key to something.”

“Oh, so you do know what it is!” Lucky exclaimed. “That’s great!”

But both Misty and Lita looked at each other as Misty held the punch card key for closer examination. There was something wrong with it and both of them could sense it.

“One of the Stalkers handled this, didn’t they?” Lita concluded, feeling the dark aura surrounding it.

“Yeah, I was feeling that too,” Misty replied with a bit of a grimace.

“Wait, that thing belongs to one of THE STALKERS!?” Lucky exclaimed in fright. “How did you know… you know what, it’s all yours! Keep it, frame it, use it as a plate, hey, do whatever, as long as you don’t tell anyone where you got that!”

[Punch Card Key] was added to the Team Inventory.

Misty flipped the key card over, and upon looking at the card with even more scrutiny, it seemed like there was slight traces of blood along the edges and grooves. While most of it had been wiped away, there were still remnants.

“Were either of you…” Misty was about to ask as she looked up.

But both Lucky and Isaiah had mysteriously disappeared. She looked around to see where they might have run off to, but all she could conclude was they must have been in a hurry.

“We’d better go,” Lita told Misty, seeing as how it was getting late.

Misty nodded, though she had a feeling that maybe… perhaps this wouldn’t be the last time she saw the likes of Lucky and Isaiah… wherever they might show up next…

Misty the Palpitoad (M: Water/Ground)

Health: 20/20 | Sanity: 20/20 | Purity: 20/20
Battle Stance: Flee
Perk: Medicine | Abilities:
EQUIPMENT:
Attack Weapon: <Empty>
Defense Armor: <Empty>
Jewelry: <Empty>
Utopian Aspect: <Empty>
MERCENARIES:
#1: <Empty>
#2: <Empty>
PACK:

• $30 Sochas

Lita the Pikachu (S: Electric)

Health: 16/16 | Sanity: 20/20 | Purity: 24/24
Battle Stance: Tactical
Perk: Security | Abilities:
EQUIPMENT:
Attack Weapon: [|AW| Steel Bow] (Adds 1d4 damage to successful attack rolls)
Defense Armor: <Empty>
Jewelry: <Empty>
Utopian Aspect: <Empty>
MERCENARIES:
#1: <Empty>
#2: <Empty>
PACK:

• $30 Sochas$
• [|AW| Combat Longbow] (Adds 1d6 damage to successful attack rolls)