{RP} The S.S. Wishmaker - Tides of Witchcraft

[[Desolate Divine]]

Alyssa Drake
Safe House C
Affected RPers: None

Steven returned to the room without Jon, as Alyssa stood there awkwardly with Matt who was nursing a broken nose in the en suite, and the two other data analysts who were refusing to make eye contact with anyone else in the room after the outburst.

"I've sent Jon to try and locate any people who have been turned into Pokemon, and to do some recon on the girls." Steven explained, "Don't worry, he won't approach them. He knows what we need to do."

Steven sat at a couch that sat against one of the walls, seemingly deep in thought, as Alyssa approached him.

"I want to help." Alyssa explained, "I don't want to sit here while everyone else in this room works to fix this, and to protect me, whilst I do nothing."

"I'm sorry Alyssa, but I told Jon I would keep you safe, and unless you are in more danger staying here, I'm not letting you leave the room." Steven explained.

"Then I can help you here?"

Steven looked at her for a moment, before letting out a sigh. He knew that there was no convincing her.

"Right now we need a plan." Steven explained, "Letting the operatives engage has just helped their cause, so we have had to pull them out. But the problem is that we are on a timer here. We dock the day after tomorrow, and once we dock, they have a chance of escaping. The ship is full of civilians so staying at sea until we catch them isn't an option. It would be seen as a kidnapping, and they would just turn more people into Pokemon."

Steven laid his head back against the rest, seemingly struggling to piece together his thoughts.

"Right now, we don't have control of the battlefield. They control it, because they can turn people into Pokemon, and we don't understand how this works, or have a way of turning them back without them. The more we try and stop them, the more damage they cause, and the longer we let them run rampant, the more damage they cause." Steven explained, "We are trapped here."

"Okay, so what if we took back some of that control..." Alyssa replied, "The biggest issue is the fact that there is a chance what they are doing is permanent, and because we don't understand how this works, we can't protect ourselves. It seems pretty clear what our next step should be..."

Alyssa gestured to the bag that contained the books.

"The problem is that we don't know whether or not they are trapped or not." Steven explained, "Chances are, we touch them and we end up as Pokemon like them..."

"What if we don't touch it..." Alyssa asked, before letting out her Gardevoir.

"Serena, I need you to do me a favour..." Alyssa explained, as the Gardevoir looked around at the unfamiliar setting and faces.

"In this bag, there are some clothes, Pokeballs and books." Alyssa explained, holding the bag out, "I want you to very gently remove the Pokeballs, making sure not to activate any of them, then the books, making sure none of them make contact with anyone in this room. We think they may cursed or something."

Serena nodded, as her eyes began to glow, and slowly the contents of the bag Jon had taken from the Diamond Ladies began to slowly and carefully float out. Finally came the first book.

"Now hold it in front of me, and open it." Alyssa explained, as she grabbed her camera from her own bag, "We are going to get a picture of every page."

The book remained suspended in the air in front of her, as it opened revealing the first page, as Alyssa began taking photos.

"Okay, onto the next one." Alyssa said, "This may take a while..."