Stalkers RPG Main Action and Team Status [SEASON 5]

[Neo Emolga]

Feel like checking out (39) Newpoint Building (ABANDONED) just because it sounds creepy and won’t have a nutcase trying to sell me “luxury” cosmetics or overpriced shampoo.

You head out tonight into the quiet, deadly darkness, feeling cozy in your element. You’ve heard some interesting rumors about the old, creepy Newpoint Building, but haven’t been able to get around to it in the past. Tonight’s the night you set that all aside and decide to check it out, heading east into the Northern Reach.

The ghouls don’t seem to be too active tonight, and though you hear the occasional moan or wail, you don’t actually see where the source of the ghastly noise is coming from. On the way to the Newpoint Building, you discover the dead body of a Lurantis ghoul with an axe buried deep into her head. You imagine the original owner never got to recover it, but you decide to rip it out and take it with you. It’s a little bloody, but definitely still in good condition. You feel it might be right at home in another ghoul’s head sometime.

[|AW| Combat Axe] (Adds 1d10 damage to successful attack rolls) has been added to the Team Armory.

Once you get to the large abandoned apartment building, you decide to start with investigating the exterior of the old, dirty brick building. No one’s been living here for a while, and you can honestly see why. It’s not the dirty environment of the building, but the building itself and everything around it is unsightly. To the west, there’s nothing but a vacant parking lot while every side of the building has nothing but walls to look at. It doesn’t even get an ocean view of anything.

Toward the side of the building, you find a few loose bricks in the wall, and you know for a fact someone manipulated these bricks. And as you suspect, someone hid a hidden cache here. You slide the brick out of the wall and inside you find a nice pouch of money. There’s some useless trinkets and jewelry here as well, but the money is definitely worthwhile.

$325 Sochas$ has been added to the Team Inventory.

With that done, you decide to see if this “Blood Letter” ghost story has any validity. You head to the back side of the building, the one that faces the parking lot, and you see if there’s anything unusual.

And that’s when you come across this.



It’s distinctly a bloody letter “B”.

From what you’ve heard about the urban legend, supposedly the letter in blood is the first letter in the name of the Exacta City resident that would be the next to die. Once they’ve died, The Blood Letter changes. Well, you’re happy it’s not an “S” so you feel a bit safer with that, but you try to think of as many Pokémon that you know of whose name starts with a B. None come to mind right away, so you decide to move on.

You head inside and the interior is actually not too bad, but there’s just dust and cobwebs everywhere. The walls are also really drab and have nothing but white paint that’s now peeling and yellowing. Most of the apartments are clearly empty and whoever the landlord was simply looked like they completely stopped caring as so many of the apartments were left unlocked. Well, either they got careless or they simply just died.

You almost get bored, opening every door trying to see if there’s anything even inside only to find nothing, nothing, over and over again. Every apartment is completely devoid of anything but an empty floor and empty walls. Meanwhile, none of the lights work either, so you end up having to rely on a lot of your night vision and moonlight coming from the broken windows to make out anything.

After opening a dozen or so more doors to empty apartments, you open the next one and it’s… odd. There’s nothing but a single chair in the middle of the room and it actually looks like there’s someone sitting in it with their back facing you as they seem to be staring out the broken, dirty window. Heck, the Pokémon in the chair even seems to be a fellow Weavile!

“Hey… hello?” You ask, slowly coming into the room.

…Silence.

You move in closer, having no idea who this other Weavile is. Or why they’re not answering back.

“Hey, wake up!” You shout.

…Silence.

Come on, they had to have heard that! You decide to see what’s the deal with this unresponsive Weavile by circling around the chair to see if this is just some kind of stupid joke or not. And then when you get a good look at them…

#Macabre Discovery – Decapitated Self (8 Sanity Damage)# Trap 30% Evasion Test: 9 out of 100: Failed!

It’s… you. And you’re d̖̩͕͔̪̠e͖̹̬̘Ḁ̹̞͘ͅD̮͙͙͘.

You feel a sick, grizzly lump in your throat, and then you see the head of this Weavile… your own decapitated head, suddenly roll off the neck of its Weavile body, onto the hardwood floor, and it rolls and rolls before it stops right at your foot, looking upward right at you. Smiling. L̪͇͎͚ḁ̵̸̤̬̠̜̖̮Ṷ̡̙̝̥͠͠G̰̼̹̱̼̠h̡̞͖̟͔̭̭̀I̴̠̻͢N̷̢̟̘͢ g̸҉̦̳͙̬̭̩̪͈́.

“Never go home, right, Scarlet!?” your own severed head laughs. “Never go home. N̷͚̮̙͠ͅE̸̱v͘͏͖̩̳̗͍̖̥͍E̖̙̖̯͠r̛̤̟̜̩ ̸̮̼̭̯̰̻͈̗̯͜͜G͙̺̣̤͈ơ̡̥̪̱̬̗̜̲͖ͅ ̜̪̭̣̺H͏̩͉͇͓o̘̲͓̭͇͞M̶̥̲͖̝Ȩ̛̦̫̝͇̫͎̟̱́,̷̺̕ ̷̪̬̣͎ͅŞ̴̜̫c͇̹̣͇̭̕͞A̡̱R҉̠͇̖͖̲̣l̴̤̰̮̖͇̜̳̕È̠͎̣Ţ͏͈̪ ̰̫̜̖ͅ!҉̳͓ͅ!̴͚̳̫̠͕̮̥!̼̥́ͅ”

N̼͇̺͇̼ͅe͉͔̪͈̣̰̒̂͌̾̐͆̆V̄e̱̙͋̈R̤̾ͬ͐̒̒̐ ̼̬͖̯͔̜N̦̟͖̪̪̠̮͗̓ͬ͌͗̎ẹ̗ͅͅV͉͗ͬ͂̓̑̿E͕r̮̼͎̔ͩͨ̄̋ͩ ̠͍͍̓̈́͛̽̅̓Ṋ̐e̅́̄̃̂͗V̥̞̱̳͆̂̎̚eͯ̏R̞̼̿ͬ͒̓̏ͮ̌ ̜̰̥̊ͤ̍̋ͩ̈N̼̜̘̣̥̱̘ͭ͗ͩ͆̑ê̱̬͉̮̠̍̄ͥv̩̻̫̼̩̠̉̋͋͋̽͑E͈̪̠̓ ̞̪̯R̰̲ͦ ̯͎͔̤ͩ̎N̗͕̬e͕̦̫̰̾V̝͉̟̫̯̗̓͂̾̿̆E̱̬͖r̰̰̜̙̤̉ͥ̇̄̍ ̹̬̜͈̝ͪͤͅN̈e̖͛͒ͯ͂ͥ͆͒V̘͓̣̼̥̉̆͛̌̅ͭ͌E͉̻̮̙͇̭̝̽ͥ̐R̭͙͒̀ͦ́ ̠ ̮̞̃ͨ͆̓͒N͔̣̫̜̗̱̭̈́͂ͫE͇̤̳v̼̇̍͌e͚̝͕̭̅R̔͊͊ͨ ͂̀́ͬ͋ͣN͍̦̒̔͌̆e̩̥̺̣̝ͪͯ͌͆̀V̦̞͖̱͉̫̳̽ͬ͆͂̂̄̏eͥ͗ͦ̎̑ͭ̚Ŕ̒ ͇̪ ̠̩̪̮̫͕̾̐ͧͫ͌̃ͅN̥̞ͣ̓ͤ̋̈́ë̼̣͎̖͈̟́̿̏̓͑VͬE͇̞͔̮̘̫̺͆̊ř̎̅̏ ̲̥ ̞̤̼ͬ̆̃̑͐N͍̗̥͈̭̜͕̏̆͌̽͂ͣ͗e̙̜̝̫̣̘V̰ͦ̈́ͩ́ḛ̞͎̺͇R̩̻̮̻̆̋ͅ ̠͔ ͎̥̫̺̈ͅŃ̜̺̲ë͙̖͎̱͇̤́̆͒̈͋̚v̮͉̖̈ͦͅE͑̆̔̓̒ͨ̾R͛ͩ̽̏̔̅ ͓͓̖ ̪̯̻̰̹̩̞̓ͧͪ͋Ǹ͈̙̫̞͈͍̅ͫͮ̂̚ͅe͍̭̭͙̱̯̎̅ͤͅV̭͉̞͈̳̠E͙̜̞̦̰͐ ̹r̳ͪͯ̓ͣ́ ̹̫̰̪̿́̒N͇͍̻͚̲̣͎̽e͙̦̙V̰̩̭̯͓͉͂̓̓͐̍Ẻ̦̗̳̜̓͗̓R̓ͬ̓͗ ͓̭ ̖̳̫̤͂͂ͬN̼͉̊̽̓̀E͓͔̜͇͛̐ͥ͊͌v̜̼̓e͙̮̮̻̽̒̈̒̾̐̚Ṛ̜̺̖̈́ͩ̇ͦ̌ ̠͖̞ ̘̲͖͉̝̯̰̔̎̓N͕̞͉͈̠̔̽ͮͥ̓e̱̳̪̯̠̼̼̍͗V͖͉̙͎̟̖͇̉ẽ͎̝̳̑͑̀ͬ̚ ̞R̀̃͛ ̥͔̬͔̯̥͙N̦͓̻̒̆ͯė̔̎̾ͯ̋ͫV͕̝͔̜ͩ̄̈E̘ͨ̓ͣ͛̓r̲ͪͮͮ͑͋ ̟͚͓̟͕͌͛ͧ̉̿ͯ̚N͖̰̪͚̹̰͋e̪͍̙̻͂͂V͚̥̱̤̈́͌ė͇ͮ͒̾̾́R̀ͤ͒ ͚͎ ̼̲͙̘̠̋̏ͣ̐̊ͤN̺̜̳ͯ͐͛͌͌e̙͇̺̠̜̯͓v̫̞̻̿̉͊̊̾̓̆E̬͕͎̿ͦ̂̽̂ͯ̚ ̝R͎͍͈̃ͤͣͯ̓̔ͫ ̟͙͉̠̓ͭ̔̾̐N̬̺̥̦̫̮ͪe̲͕͊͆̊̀ͣ͆͗V͎̱̔Ë͑̎r̖̫̥͎̙̃̄͊́͊ ͇ ͈̥̣͕̩̅̽͑͛̚N̹̘̬̉ḛV̱̟̼̬̹͖̩͌ͤ̆ͦE̞̱̰͖R͍̐̌͑̿ ̠͖ͨ̾͑͗ͨ̉͗N͍̱̈́̈͌ͣͧ͑E̞͚v̺ͧ̓͂̊ë̞̰́Ŕ̬̝͍͍̭ ̮̖̮̭͓̭ͫN̠̗̗̣̐ͮͬ̑̓e̠͍͉̠̻̮͊̾͌͐̈́Vͦ͊̑͐ͯè͎̞̝̻̞̭͒̋͊̑̓ͣR ̩̻ ̲̩̳̪̇̒N̖̬͕ͪ̐͌̿e͖̔̓̃̄͆V͍̣̭̞͍͓͆̆Eͭř̼͕̲͓̫̻̽ͫ͂ͬͯ ͎̥̻̝͚̿ͅN̩ͩͦͨ̿̃ͭe̳̳̮ͪͮͅV͍͕͎̟̘̫ͫẻ̮͈̥̹̜͉́̂̈́R͐ͪ̍͛ ͕͖̫̹ ͓̫̩̂Ne͑̾v̦̺̱ͯE̙̜̺͒̉ͩ̀͊Ṟ͍̤̭̼̫̥͐̉ ̓̇͗͒̒͋̚N͙͔̆͒̉̒̔͛e̥͖̣̦̮̗V̲̣̘̦̠͖̔̔̈́ͫͭ̽ͅE̞͋̓̇ͣͧ̿̈r̽̓ͫ ̯̟͖͒̌ ̬͍̥͖̥̩̎ͩͭ̔ͫṊ͓̻̭̤̜ͅe̞̬̪͚͐V̻͇̉̊ͫͧE̞͈̠̒͌̽ͯͥ͌Ṛ́̾ͦ͗̓͑ ͚̙̰ ̼̘̠̻̑N͖̬̪̘̠͉̱̽E̯̬̤̝̹̜̝͒̏̆ve͑̅ͭRͤ͂ ̭̭̼͚̹̫͂̄ͪ͛̌̅N̦̩͈͓̼e͇͉̥̞͙̞̗V̪̬̤̽ͫ͐ͨͦe̼̲͙͎̒̒ͩ̃R̯̻̬̐̐ ̞ ̰Ñ̘ͥ̐͐ẻͫͨ͒ͮ̎͑V̠̹̦̬̦̞̏͐̈́͛̅E̯̻̘͎͚̙̜͒͛ͣr̝͉̱̂́ ͩ̃̅͆̈́ͬ͊ͅṈ͒e̻̖͈̯̠ͅV̜̍̒̓͛̚ẻ̮̮͚̘͑ͪ̊̈̐̅R̩ͦͨ̊̆̀̇ ͕̫̺̱̣ͨ̌ͮ̉͑̂N̲̜̥͖̊̏̑e͓̗͇̺͛ͮͣ̽v͕͙̐ͮĖ͖ͫ̎R͍̼͕̤͔ͅ ̬͖͚̏̈͛̽͗ͧ̌N̒e̪͙͖̦͂ͅV͓̽̎̎͊̽̚E̯̣̘̞̮̜̐͌̋͆r̰͎̉̃̌̽̄ ͈ ̄͐͗ͬ̊̍͊N̘e̦̻̳͎͈̫͐́V̘̤̳̺͍͙E͕̞͎͑R̳͛ͥͤ̾̏̔ͯͅ ̪̩͓̉̒̚N̺ͫĒ̼̤̻͍̭͍̍ͦv̜̻̦̭͓̞͉ͧ͑̇ͧ͗̒e̯̒͛R̼̭͔̰̯ ̺͚̖͎̑N͍̬̓͛̈́̀̈ͣͨͅĕ̼̤̦̫̠̻̳͊̋̒͒͂͒V̜̫̫̲͙̼̈̒̏͌̉ͮḛ̉ͪͥͯ ͕̖̮͇͍̖R̮ͪ̈́̑ N͖͚̼̳ͥͩe̪̭͖͑ͨ̓V͉̲ͨE̥̗͍̙̻ͬ͐ͫ̒ͅr̜̞̿̐ͮͫ ̝̜͚͇̤͔͂͆̌͐͒ͥ̔Ň̩̩͉ͪͅë͉̫̰̭̩̑̎̓̍̚V͓̺̟̜̣̓̓̌̆ͧe̳̻̬͇͔ͩ ̭̙R̋ͯ̽̽ ͙N̤̘̜̳͙̯̓͆̐̐̓ͅe̺̜͔͖̳͌ͯͨ͑ͩv̌ͬ͋̀E̩̮ͮ̉͂ͨ̿̾͒R͌̒̿ͥ̑ ̞̞̥͇ ͚̱͇͕͙̒N͊͂͋͂ͣͨ̊e̫̗͊V͉͓̙͊ͦ̊E̼̱̿̒͊͋̽͒r̜̥̳̭̦̮̞̒ ͍̿ͫ́̽Ṅ͔̦̠̦̻ͬͯ̋͊̓e̜͈͙͉̯͒͗̿̽ͅV̱̖̳ͬͨ̊̀E̬̳̭͈͌͊R͗ͫ ̭͖͓̯ ̼͉̊̂ͮͪ̄͑N̰͕̗̦̥̖̑E̥̤v̞̗̪̤̥̾͊̋̌̊̇e̘̠͔̭̱͓ͫ̋R̻̞̰̲ͫ̽̿͋ͭ ̹̤̹ ̱̗̖̠̤̲̊ͅN̳̹̭̪̦ͩͪͪ̒͐͒ȅ̜͙͖̹͌͂͆V̪̮̣̻͈̟̖e̞̤̳͍̘̟ͪ͒̒͐R̊ ̫̣͓ͩͬ̃ ̱̦͌N͉̙͚͓̗̥ͬḙ̬̱̰̤̄V̙̖̜̮͔̊̔̽̚ͅĒ̘̣̰̜̾̈͗r̖̿̆ͮ̔ͮ͐ ͓ ̙̳̠̰̩̗͔́̅ͤN̳̦̥̠͐̋̍̓̚ȇ͍͙̖V̥͉͉̠̲ͬ͊̿e͚̱R͛̆͒͌̽ͩ͆ ̖͚͖̠̓ͥ͛̐̊̽ͅNͮ̉ͤ̐̂͋e̬͚̮͙̙̘͛ͣ̌v̿ͤE̹̰R̲̪̩̺̿̎ͧ̔ͧͬͅ ̤ ̦̤̠͇̺͍̃͌͌ͦ́̎̚ͅN̓ͧ̃͊̆̈́̌e̽ͭͥ̏̋͂V͎̀͌̓ͨ̓ͭḘ̯̿r̪̙͑̿͋̽͆ͦ ̬̯̟̰ ͖̆̿̐̿̃͑̍N͇̠̘̹̦̔̆̀ͮͫe͍̠͇͍͂ͅV̺̟̻̣̼̖̜ͤ͛̊ͦE̮̠̹͆̒ͬ̊͌͆͌R ̺̮͖̜͉ ̹̰͕̰̦̲̝Nͥ̄̎̃͂E͔̪̭̪͇͋̑ͭ̒v̝̬̍ͭ̋ȅ͉͎̙̲͔̰̟̈́ͬͬ̌R͉̐̃̽ͧͦͥ ̲͈͉̻ ̹̫ͦŃ̹̰͙̲̮̟̠̂̄̒̋e͙̰̩̦̟ͫ̀͋ͪ͋ͦ̌V̖ͭ̔ͯ͗̚e͙̻̿͛ͫ̿̊̈́ͅRͨ̋͋ ̭̙̤̰̯͓̫̔ ̬̞̽̒͗ͤ͌̄ͫN̰e͎̦̬̼V͙ͧͣẸ̅̌r̖͈͍̆ ̻̬̱̰̈́̓ͪŃ̬̲ͬ͒ͧͫͨȅ̐͌̚V͚̲̹̼̔͂ͩͅe̬̖̫̟̹ͮ̉R̳͎̖͋̋̎͒ ͕̯̲͍ N̰̘̓̄ͧe̊͒ͧ̚v̥̜̱̪̮̦͚E̝͍̫̟̙ͨR̬͇̼͋̇̄ͪͯ̆ͥ ̪͖̼̹͂ͥ̂̊̚N͖̜͈̬̻e̬̯̝͒ͨ̽̾̄ͅV̳̄ͤE̱̯͍r̫͙̩ ̝͎͉̳̩̘̥ͧ̓ͨ͂ͦ̍ͩN͖̱̙̅͌̊ͨ̉ͪͦe̗̠ͩ̍̈́͐V̳̩͇̜Eͤ̂̂̾͌̚Rͦ̓̋̔̓ ͅ ͓̠͂ͤͯ̽̈ͦͫN̗͖͇̝͚͋ͩ͗ͭ̀E̱̝ͩvͭ̑͋e̲̝̟̲͖̍̊ͅR̖ͨ͋ͬ

Scarlet has taken 3 Sanity Damage.

“SHUT THE HELL UP!!” You scream.

And it bounces. Everywhere. All the along the walls, echoing with the laughing head of madness that is your own, sounding like a deranged chorus of ț͇̠̜̝͉̭w̩̥͓i̫̤̫̯̙̟̿̿̆̓s̝̻̣͓̆͒ͩͤ̚t̳̗̟͖̰ͭ̓̑ͮe͚͔̳͈͊̑ ̣̪͈d̳̓̓̈́ ̫̝͖̮̗͂̂͒́ͬ̋i͚̻̖͉͔̳̤̒ͫ̈n̻c̲̱̞̗ͤ͊̓o̲͉͙h̹͌̇̾͑̚e͙͕̊̐ͮ̚ ̭̖̫r̃ͤ̐e̟̝̲͌͐̑ͪ̓ͧ̒n̳̥̝͕̟̹̋ͫ̍̍c͓ͥ̊ḛ̩͈̮̭̭̹̒̐. You twitch, shiver, and then suddenly in the doorway, you behold something horrifying.

It’s y͕̳͙̫̦͓ͅo̹̬̗̼͓̩̹u̹̭. Again, but this time you’re younger, still a Sneasel. B̩̮̺u̟̥͈̱͉̹̘Ț͎ ̱̲͇͙̗ͅs͖ͅṯ̻i͎͎̳͉̦̼̼̩L͔̻̭͖̫̦͍̜L̗͍̫ ̳̯͉G̝̦͈͚̳͚i̞̟̞̺̟͚̥̦̜D̻̻̘̙̜̯̭D͚̥͓̰͈̺̫Y̬̩͙̬̜̗̝ͅ ̰͉w̠̲̼̹̳̖͚̱i̮Ț̬̘͙H̙͇͇͎ͅ ̮̻͎͔̱̼b̩̩l͔͎o̲̬̻O̙̳̯͍̩͕͎͎D̞̬̻̝͖̹̦ ͕̥̥̳a̪͍̫̦̻͔͖̟l̯̪̟͖̩̗̤̯L̗̯̳ ̟̝̥̘̺̺͖O̯̦V̮͍̼̖̯e̹̘̞̠͇̺R̭̩̜̤̹ ̥̳̯̖̠ͅy͔̻͓͕̪o̠͉̝̳͈͍U̱͚̲̹.̭̦̥̣͈̪̫͓

“Do you wanna hear a joke, Scarlet?” your bloody, younger Sneasel self asks, smiling. “Do you? You wanna?”

“PISS OFF!!” you shout back at the apparition.

“…That wasn’t very nice, Scarlet,” she tells you, looking very disappointed. “I’m going to have to punish you, now. Clean your dirty thoughts. P̲̦̬̝͕̬̲U̸̵͚̲̗̤͜r̴̖̫͚̞̣G̵̶̸̗͍É̡͎͈̞ ̷̺̜́͠Y̷̛̪͍̤̮ͅo̸̡͎̫͙̠̘̞̣̟͞U̷̡҉̖̘̘R͇̭̯̟͠͝ ̡͇̬́F͝҉̛̤̣̺͍̩i̺̫͎̘͖͠L̸̨͍̤̫̮͎̺̲͡T̸͎̩̦̩͟H̡̩͔̘͇͓̲͇͖̘́ y̵̯̥̰̙̻͕̰̥ ̵̢̘͈̯̩̮̩̻̰͈͘Ṭ̟̜H̤͍͉̱̪͓̩͡ͅO̞̙̜u̠̟͇͉G̵̰̖͟H̨̛̭͍͍t̀͝͝ ̖͉̗̱̙S͔̤͎͓!̳̝̙̪͔̣͟͝!̸͇͈̩̮”

She suddenly leaps toward you, dematerializing into a horrid abomination ghost and she flies up and in through your nose, making a be̳͙̠͕ͅḛ̘̼̤͍͕ͅl͍͓̙̲in̼͓̜̟̗̰e̟͙̯̞̯ ͚̤̙fo͎̘̫̥̘r͓̜̼͔̱̦̩ y̦͕̠̯̤̬o̬̘̠̬̤̤ur͚̳̬̙̙̲̜ ͎̱̮̳̖̲br̪a̩͉̭̳̗̯in̪̰. And once she’s there, she immediately floods your mind, making you feel like you’ve been m̟͎͔̼͈̞̮u̻̯r̰̤͕̮͈͚͍d̤̞͉̟̪e̲͇̠͇̝̞̟r͓̬e͍̱͔ͅd̰͕̻ a̦̞͔̖̳̖ ͉̜̲̪̳̘t̳̮h̝̘͚̱o͎ṳ̳̲͓s̙a͓̫̭̖̦ṉ̫͚ͅd͈͍ ͚͍̰͚͖̤̗t͚̩̪͖i̮̥̼̼̮ͅm̱̟e̙̼͈̭̗͇ͅs͎̰̘ before the nightmare finally stops, leaving you almost feeling like suicide would be euphoric right about now…

Scarlet has taken 5 Sanity Damage.

They’re gone. Your ghost, the body of… yourself. All that remains is your head. Still smiling. Still looking up at you, as if a baby in need of nurturing after being abandoned by its mother.

You growl, taking this hideous thing off the floor with you, VERY sure it’s something stupid and ungodly that a Stalker cooked up. While you’d rather kick it and fling it off back to the Abyss where it belongs, you know this is part of something bigger and this reeks of something stupid Astralnox would do.

ASTRALNOX: #[Head of Scarlet the Weavile] Macabre Presence – (3 Sanity Damage)# has been added to the Team Inventory, Astralnox Stalker Key Items.

After that whole nightmare experience, you’re honestly not in the mood to deal with any more of it. You head back home to the mall and decide to get some sleep, wondering if you’ll even be able to get a wink after that whole miserable experience.

Scarlet the Weavile (M: Dark/Ice)

Health: 20/20 | Sanity: 12/20 | Purity: 20/20
Battle Stance: Heroic