Stalkers RPG Main Action and Team Status [SEASON 5]

[Neo Emolga]

I will check the Corner Market and Everet's Home.

Deciding to stay close to base and within the refuge area, you head south past the mall and look upon the lot that is Everet the Drednaw’s home and the market he used to run before retiring. Thankfully, the weather is a bit more cooperative today and isn’t constantly blowing sand and dust at you. It definitely improves the visibility and your chances of finding things.

The corner market store that used to be where Everet ran his produce stand hasn’t been used for years, even long before OMEN happened. You also imagine the Freshtastic supermarket likely struck a hard nail in Everet’s business, also. From the outside, the small wooden market stand has been the victim of neglect for a while, and the wooden panels are rotting and falling off while years of dust and sand have accumulated even inside the market stand. Even the store sign has almost completely faded out, seemingly symbolic of the dead passion Everet used to have.

It looks as though Everet was using it as a storage shed for a while, but even then, the equipment inside for gardening and home repair have fallen into neglect and disarray as well. You take a look inside, being careful to watch your step as many of the wooden planks that make up the floor have broken or have jagged splinters sticking out of them. From what you can see, Everet didn’t take very good care of his tools, and many of them are thrown around haphazardly into piles that look like they haven’t been touched in years.

In the back room, you find a broken register with spilled socha coins everywhere, though it looks like it was thrown down in anger rather than something that happened by accident. You’re not sure what prompted this to happen, but considering Everet never bothered to clean up in here, it seems like he isn’t the least bit concerned about it.

You decide to collect all the coins and put them in your Pack, confident you’ll find a better way to spend them.

$120 Sochas were added to Lita’s Pack.

After going through the market stand one more time, you’re convinced there’s really nothing left in there that you think might be useful, and essentially none of these tools could even be repurposed as an effective weapon. Most of the equipment seems to be broken, rusted, and worn and it seems Everet stopped caring for them long ago.

In the main yard that appears to have become overgrown, you find a stray Starf Berry that looks like someone, possibly Everet or someone else, dropped it and didn’t care to pick it back up. You pick it up, brush off the dust and it seems to still be fresh. You figure it might be good to hold onto just in case in corrupting presences of the Stalkers cross paths with you again.

[Starf Berry] (Restores all Purity) was added to Lita’s Pack.

After going around Everet’s home, you see how badly it has fallen into disrepair. It seems Tessa used to be his caretaker, but she’s been missing since OMEN and likely never made it out. As a result, Everet now only takes care of himself and it just letting his former market stand and house fall apart day by day.

You don’t find anything suspicious around the exterior of the house. A few stray tools and a half-buried metal watering can are really the only things you find. It seems as though years ago, there used to be a nice garden here, but it looks like it’s been nothing but weeds, decay, and neglect.

You realize Everet isn’t home, so you decide to go through his small house to see if there’s anything suspicious going on. Besides being disorganized and in dire need of some repair, cleaning, and upkeep, nothing really strikes you as usual. At first, you thought perhaps the death of his wife might have been the cause for Everet’s neglectful behavior, but you don’t find any family photos anywhere. For the most part, the walls in the house are bare, blank, and the furniture is very old-fashioned and covered with dust.

It also doesn’t look like Everet has too many hobbies. Instead, what you find his him obsessing about the news as newspapers are scattered everywhere. You shudder to think this may be all that Everet plans on doing for the rest of his days, but you know better to not to snoop into it.

After not finding any traces of the Stalkers or any Utopian relics, you decide to head back and begin preparations for tonight.

Lita the Pikachu (S: Electric)

Health: 16/16 | Sanity: 20/20 | Purity: 24/24
Battle Stance: Tactical
Perk: Security | Abilities: Clairvoyance
EQUIPMENT:
Attack Weapon: [|AW| Steel Bow] (Adds 1d4 damage to successful attack rolls)
Defense Armor: [|DA| Bronze Guard] (Reduces incoming Health damage by 1 point each time Health damage is taken)
Jewelry: <Empty>
Utopian Aspect: <Empty>
MERCENARIES:
#1: <Empty>
#2: <Empty>
PACK:

• $225 Sochas$
• [Starf Berry] (Restores all Purity)
• [|AW| Combat Longbow] (Adds 1d6 damage to successful attack rolls)
• [|AW| Razor Composite Bow] (Adds 2 damage to successful attack rolls)