Resolving Stalkers Season 5

[C0L0R3D]

...Well then. I won't be browsing through THAT season when I see the history of the Stalkers. I feel bad for whoever had that reaction.

Still, now I think about the Stalkers we've seen the least of. I think its been Twistagen? I wonder how...actually, different question. Besides from Obscene's thing, which other Stalker had the biggest end of a route?

[Neo Emolga]

...Well then. I won't be browsing through THAT season when I see the history of the Stalkers. I feel bad for whoever had that reaction.

Still, now I think about the Stalkers we've seen the least of. I think its been Twistagen? I wonder how...actually, different question. Besides from Obscene's thing, which other Stalker had the biggest end of a route?

Not to worry, all the content that triggered it was taken out. But yeah, it was totally unintentional and I felt bad about it...

Labyrinth's route actually had three dead ends to it. You just get a creepy message at the end of those false routes and that's it. And there were three Security lockpick mazes to do! And yeah, that's too many mazes. XP

Also, the Twistagen Codec was probably WAY too hard:

Spoiler:

Know what you're supposed to do?

For this, you would need to unscramble all the words on the bottom. And then whatever is circled in red will be a word that needs to be found on the hexagon word search above. Yeah, this was probably a little too brutal. :P

Now, the funny thing about the Stalkers is they're all suspects that were never interviewed. In Season 4, it just so happened that two Stalkers were interviewed on the first Day cycle. XD

[C0L0R3D]

It's probably just me, but some of that text just looks a bit mirrored to me.. but three false routes? I guess they don't call them Labyrinth for nothing.
So..would you mind translating that from Twistagen Hell to English so we know what they were saying?

[Neo Emolga]

It's probably just me, but some of that text just looks a bit mirrored to me.. but three false routes? I guess they don't call them Labyrinth for nothing.
So..would you mind translating that from Twistagen Hell to English so we know what they were saying?

Yep, Labyrinth's route was a literal labyrinth. XD

As for the Twistagen Hell:

"They SKITTER about as the THREAT of sin continues to TORMENT them.
There is no ESCAPE from the END as DEATH proves their FUTILE attempts.

TWIST into DAMNATION"

Lovely greeting card, it is. XD

[C0L0R3D]

Interesting. Also I'm asking this much is because we're getting the chance to unearth everything way, WAY earlier then what it would normally be so my brain was like:

I see this as an absolute win!

So yeah.. I'm just gonna be asking about these routes if that's fine by you. If so, then hippity hoppity Exclude's route is soon to be my property. What the profanity will that erasing twit have?

[Neo Emolga]

Interesting. Also I'm asking this much is because we're getting the chance to unearth everything way, WAY earlier then what it would normally be so my brain was like:

I see this as an absolute win!

So yeah.. I'm just gonna be asking about these routes if that's fine by you. If so, then hippity hoppity Exclude's route is soon to be my property. What the profanity will that erasing twit have?

This is the full extract from my Stalker notes, but yeah, here's the whole kit n' caboodle. I get pretty detailed when I flesh this stuff out:

EXCLUDE – Shas the Chimchar

Spoiler:

Backstory
Throughout most of his childhood, Shas has been left out. Bullied, thought of as ugly, stupid, and naïve, he was left out of school gatherings, had very few friends, and found himself alone despite hating that sense of loneliness. As if life wasn’t bad enough, the OMEN strike resulted in both of his parents and his sister getting killed and now he is alone. Even in difficult times, the surviving children and adults have done nothing for him and he’s been barely able to survive on his own, relying on the refugee food bank to keep himself alive.

EXCLUDE showed itself to Shas.
For the longest time, Shas had kept his frustration and despair bottled up. His parents always tried and taught Shas to be a good boy and work hard, but given his situation now, it seemed pointless and he had begun to believe that good Pokémon were just destined to suffer. And he was almost willing to accept a life of suffering until Exclude revealed himself.

It wasn’t hard for Exclude to enrapture Shas. Exclude spoke to Shas and encouraged him to get angry and get payback rather than just submit to despair. It started with a few exercises of stealing food from a Plusle and punching a Meowth that got in his way. At first, it got him to be even more hated, but that’s when Exclude went into the next stage.

How EXCLUDE twisted Shas's expectation
It was payback time. Exclude had fully taken over Shas, much to his nefarious delight, though in this case, Shas didn’t mind it, as if letting Exclude take over the wheel was perfectly fine to him. Shas wished for everyone else to feel the same way he felt. Left out, alone, and treated unfairly.

And that was Exclude’s specialty.

Murder process and signature
Exclude smothers victims with a heavy, black ichor that envelops around them and carries it into nothingness, leaving only a few small black puddles and blots behind. It’s often impossible to tell who was the victim, if there was a victim. These blots appear all along Exclude’s route even in places where there was no victim, so you would never be able to truly tell if, when, and how it happened and to who.

The creepiest feature of Exclude’s murders is there are no details. There is no crime investigation because no one finds a murdered victim. The Doom Tracker just goes up by one with a mysterious and dark ominous message, and what’s more is the victim isn’t marked as “DEAD” on the reference sheet. Instead, they’re simply deleted, wiped, and gone as if they were never there to begin with while the remaining civilians get renumbered. Even the notes that were part of the team record (interviews, roles, items obtained) are wiped as well. If they held any key items, those items get moved over to a civilian that best replaces them and hasn’t been interviewed yet.

Font:
Rush

Summary of story/route:
Exclude’s route involves a lot of Purity damage and traps are common as well. A common theme on Eclude’s route is blackness. Pictures, objects, and things are very often blotted out with blackness and heavy, black ichor. Touching it is soul-burning and agonizing and it’s definitely not something you want to have your last bit of Purity lost to.

Memento: Happy 7th Birthday Card. It’s from Shas’s mother, father, and sister, wishing Shas a happy birthday. To Shas, it was his best birthday and he’s held onto it ever since, even long after the rest of his family passed away. This is all he has left as evidence of the memory, but it’s been a long time since he’s looked at it. On it are encouraging messages from his family, how they’re proud of him and wish the best for him.

Getting this particular memento is much tougher, but the reward is significantly higher as Shas feels more strengthened by this than other Stalkers.

(18) Graybench Industrial Warehouse

[AG0143 Module]

(27) Vinatech Sterilization Plant

{Damaged Sublevel Door: Replacement AG0143 Module AND +Electric Type+}

{Upper Ledge: +Flying Type}

[#872 Key]

(35) Keepers™ Self-Storage Center

{Storage Unit #872: #872 Keyhole AND <Repair>}

[Happy 7th Birthday Card]

Exclude's Stalker Route



In general, Exclude’s route isn’t too heavy on puzzles and just has one really tough one, but it makes up for it by having a lot of steps involved and generally requires more typings to be involved. It’s likely going to mean Emissaries will need to switch it up or get Escorting involved. In the meantime, the players will find some rather creepy blotted out pictures along the way instead. Along the way, Exclude’s route doesn’t do any Health or even Sanity damage. But it does do MASSIVE Purity damage.

To make it to the final Chamber of the Divided Zero, players need to collect three medallions. [Medallion of Oblivion], [Medallion of the Void], and [Medallion of Erasure].

PATH OF THE MEDALLION OF OBLIVION

This path isn’t too complicated. Players will first need to get into the Ethereal Chamber, which is only accessible to Ghost types. They’ll get the Hollow Soul Stone, which then gets placed into the Missing Soul Statue, which then produces the Medallion of Oblivion.

(46) Ashen Park (ABANDONED)

{Ethereal Chamber: +Ghost Type+}

[Hollow Soul Stone]

(23) The Becker Building (ABANDONED)

{Missing Soul Statue: Missing Soul Stone}

#[Medallion of Oblivion] Black Expurgation Presence (10 Purity Damage)#
=The Blotted Depiction=

PATH OF THE MEDALLION OF THE VOID

Similar to the Oblivion’s path, this path takes the same kind of structure, although with some more Purity damage along the way. So a bit more hazardous. If they’re not careful with making sure they’ve got high Purity to spare, some players may end up dead from this!

(76b) The OMEN Crater – OMEN Crater Northwest, Ruined East Residential District (ABANDONED)

{Rubble Ravine: +Ground Type+}

#[Cold Black Key] Black Expurgation Presence (5 Purity Damage)#

(83) Exacta City Treatment and Desalination Plant (ABANDONED)

#{Gateway to Nothingness: Cold Black Keyhole} Black Expurgation Presence (5 Purity Damage)#

#[Medallion of Erasure] Black Expurgation Presence (10 Purity Damage)#

PATH OF THE MEDALLION OF ERASURE

While lighter on the hazards compared to Void’s, this one is trickier for the sudoku puzzle parts. Thankfully, the puzzle doesn’t cause Purity damage either. It’s just more unsettling.

18. Mika the Boltund

Puzzle Graphic: =Blotted Sudoku Part 1=

(5) Electrical Substation

Puzzle Graphic: =Blotted Sudoku Part 2=

16. Princess Samona the Amaura

Puzzle Graphic: =Blotted Sudoku Part 3=

Finishing the sudoku will create the [9-Digit Code 1993381627] item.

(29) MoonCrest Corporate Offices (ABANDONED)

{Empty Tumbler Number Lock: 9-Digit Code}

#[Medallion of Erasure] Black Expurgation Presence (10 Purity Damage)#
=The Smothered Depiction=

IT ALL COMES TOGETHER

The end of Exclude’s route has black, black, black everywhere as if the Rolling Stones got their way. Whoever does this better have their Purity in good shape and better make sure those Medallions are disarmed, or they’re getting swallowed. Disarming the door itself is also needed or the @@ will just outright kill you. :x

(48) The Cobal Estate (ABANDONED)

#{Chamber of the Divided Zero: Mark of Oblivion AND Mark of the Void AND Mark of Erasure} Black Expurgation Presence (10 Purity Damage)#

@Endless Sea of Existence Purged – (15 Purity Damage)@
THE INFINITE BLACK – [Exclude’s Phylactery]

Puzzles:


Fully visible sudoku puzzle (Reference only, or in case they really get stuck and need a hint after collecting all three parts)


=Blackened Sudoku Puzzle Part 1=


=Blackened Sudoku Puzzle Part 2=


=Blackened Sudoku Puzzle Part 3=


Final solution to the Blackened Sudoku Puzzle after Parts 1, 2, and 3 are combined and the puzzle is solved. The 9-digit code that gets created will be 193381627

Graphics:


=The Blotted Depiction=


=The Smothered Depiction=


THE INFINITE BLACK

Let me know if you want to see the others!

[C0L0R3D]

Shas, huh? I never really made the depiction that he was just alone and Exclude did that stuff. I just assumed he was a jerk! Anyways, let's see who the freak Obscene is next.

[Neo Emolga]

Shas, huh? I never really made the depiction that he was just alone and Exclude did that stuff. I just assumed he was a jerk! Anyways, let's see who the freak Obscene is next.

Yeah, each Stalker has their own backstory. Usually it's not what you think it is!

Anywho, here's Obscene. >:3

OBSCENE – Alishia the Milotic

Spoiler:

Backstory
Alishia was always the creative and dreamer type, seeking new ways to leverage her rather vivid imagination and wonder. Throughout her life, she always pursued many arts and crafts, mainly with children in mind, wrote several children’s stories, and kept a very childlike wonder to herself that she sometimes shared with others. However, she always had difficulty getting her work off the ground.

OBSCENE showed itself to Alishia.
Obscene pretended to be a big fan of Alishia’s work. Alishia was at first skeptical, finding the spirit to be intrusive as Obscene had delved much into her creative works to learn as much about her prospective victim as she could. While Alishia voiced her distain for going into her “private works” at first, Obscene explained that what she had create was of incredible quality for children and that she needed to get her work out there for kids to appreciate and talk about. Obscene’s knowledge and appreciation for her creative works’ lore impressed Alishia and the Milotic really began to think maybe she was right and her work was great enough to be experienced and loved by children.

How OBSCENE twisted Alishia's expectation
Alishia allowed Obscene to get too her in mind as she was naïve. Where Alishia once dreamed of mystical and fantastical realms full of childish color and imagination, Obscene twisted them into works of madness and horror like a horrendously nightmarish Alice in Wonderland. Her creative work had become freakishly incoherent and violated logic and reason, reading like a children’s book from hell or a deranged Dr. Seuss story.

Murder process and signature
Victims become “characters” in her macabre creative works for children. They get stories, poems, pictures made for them like a twisted caricature. She renames them, dresses them to fit another persona like a bad kid’s TV show, and then proceeds to do the unthinkable to them, cutting and carving them into something they don’t recognize, or making a silly tragic back story for them and then make that story a twisted reality. And they all end with a horrific “happy ending” such as internal organs happy to be free of their chest confines, or a severed head happily living out its own life away from a body that slowed them down.

Font: Ashes to Ashes

Summary of story/route:
Obscene’s route focuses mainly on childhood things. Toys, books, stories, and the like, but with darker, horrific twists.

Memento: A Day With My Friend Butterfree book. It was the only children’s book that she has held onto for many years and was her favorite story when she was a child and her mother read it to her. The pages are faded, the spine is broken, and some of the pages have little tears or wrinkles, but for the most part, it’s still legible and the pictures are still visible. It reminds Alishia of her own childhood and how much she wanted to write a story that would have as much of an impact on children as this story had the same kind of impact on her.

If presented to Obscene before the battle, Alishia just scoffs at the book and doesn’t even look at it, believing it’s a piece of old papery trash that isn’t even worth starting a fire with.

The [“A Day with My Friend Butterfree” Book] has two paths that get to it. The book itself is locked inside a rusted safe with a combination lock. The Emissaries need both the combination as well as a chemical spray to remove the rust just enough so they can open the safe, or else it just stays shut.

(30) Hazelwood Fuel Corporate Office (ABANDONED)

{Splintered Cabinet: +Fighting Type+}

[18, 7, 27 Combination]

(73) Whiteridge Central Station (ABANDONED)

{Injured Scorbunny: <Medicine>}

[De-Rusta Spray]

(45) Cedarwood Apartments (ABANDONED)

{Rusted Safe: Rust Remedy AND 3 number Safe Combination}

[A Day With My Friend Butterfree Children’s Book]

Obscene's Stalker Route



The main objective of Obscene’s route is to reassemble the three parts of the Death’s Lullaby. Where Labyrinth’s route is chock full of <Security> use, Obscene’s focuses more on getting these three parts together to reach the Playrooms.

PATH OF THE 1ST PART OF DEATH’S LULLABY

For Part 1, Emissaries will find a Defiled Music Box, but it’s missing some parts. Without the [Bloodstained Music Box Song Drum] and the [Bloodstained Winding Shaft], it’s not going to do anything. But players beware, putting it back together is going to set off a trap of pain. They’ll eat some Purity and Sanity damage.

The Song Drum can be found from 51. Borsei the Clefairy, who honestly would love to just get rid of the damn thing, but has only been holding off on chucking it because she thinks it’s bound to be to something important. That and it has blood on it, making her wonder what the deal with it is, but she’ll fork it up to anyone who gives her a good Rapport score that she can pass it along to. Meanwhile, the Winding Shaft can be found at the 80 Boyle Factory.

51. Borsei the Clefairy

#[Bloodstained Music Box Song Drum] Contagion Affliction – POISON (3 Health Damage)#

(80) Boyle Factory

#[Bloodstained Winding Shaft] Contagion Affliction – POISON (4 Health Damage)#

(42) The Candle Mansion (ABANDONED)

{Defiled Music Box: Missing Music Box Song Drum AND Missing Winding Shaft}

#Horrendous Wailing Melody – (6 Sanity Damage, 6 Purity Damage)
[1st Part of Death’s Lullaby]

PATH OF THE 2nd PART OF DEATH’S LULLABY

The second part requires Emissaries to locate [The Abortion Dagger] from Kector the Hakamo-o, who thought it might make for a good self defense weapon, but an Emissary with good rapport can talk him out of keeping it and handing it to the Emissaries. It does cause some Purity damage, though. Once they’ve got the dagger, it’s mainly a matter of taking it to the {Unborn Child Egg} and stuffing it in (it works like a key). It unleashes a seriously unholy scream while the Emissary hears creepy kiddie voices in their head (“Singing children, Jonathan!”).

49. Kector the Hakamo-o

#[The Abortion Dagger] Demonic Aura (5 Purity Damage)#

(41) Canopy Art Museum (ABANDONED)

{The Unborn Child Egg: Abortion Deed}

#Unholy Scream – (8 Sanity Damage, 5 Purity Damage)
=Kammo Wall Jingle=
[2nd Part of Death’s Lullaby]

PATH OF THE 3rd PART OF DEATH’S LULLABY

Part three of the route is the hardest and is likely the last part of the route that the players will complete. First, they need to find the grizzly spot the differences puzzle found in a really hideous children’s book and get the two-digit access key to the Nursery Door Electronic Lock. Then, they need to perform Technical on the lock itself to unscramble the data system, and that’s pretty much a word search with numbers.

Once unlocked, in order to get to the Phylactery, the players need to fight and kill Shi the Dedenne and Kammo the Banette. Oh, the players thought they were just nasty storybook characters? Surprise, they actually need to kill them. Chances are good if the Emissaries go as a group, they’ll probably get through fine, but if only one member of the team goes it alone and their equipment isn’t too hot, they might have issues!

(21) Edjas Memorial Public Library

#[Corrupted Children’s Book: <<Instances of Corruption>> / =Glimpse of the Past=] Abomination Infestation (10 Purity Damage, 10 Sanity Damage)#

[Nursery Door Code 19]

(74) Luminous Shopping Center

{Nursery Door Electronic Lock: <Technical> AND Nursery Door Code}
[url=https://i.imgur.com/Mqf6JhI.png]
<Technical>

[3rd Part of Death’s Lullaby]

(70) Daluco Toy Store (ABANDONED)

{The Playrooms Entrance: 1st Part of Death’s Lullaby AND 2nd Part of Death’s Lullaby AND 3rd Part of Death’s Lullaby}

@Deranged Reanimated Abomination – (3 Sanity Damage, 3 Purity Damage)@
THE PLAYROOMS
*FIGHT with Shi the Dedenne and Kammo the Banette*
[Obscene’s Phylactery]

Puzzles:

The Instances of Corruption puzzle! Basically find the differences. Don’t stare at this too long.
NOTE: Posting the WRONG answer results in 5 Sanity and 5 Purity damage. You don’t want to trial and error this one, Emissaries! Make sure they’re warned about this, though!


Instances of Corruption solution! 19 Instances in total. Once the correct answer is posted, the [Nursery Door Code 19] is created.


The pre-corrupted version (=Glimpse of the Past=) that will be given to the players to compare against the effed-up version.


When the players use <Technical> on the {Nursery Door Electronic Lock}. It’s a word search (number search) to simulate hacking/reprogramming the lock.


Nursery Door Lock solution. Easy cheesy.


<Medicine> on Scorbunny


<Medicine> on Scorbunny solution

Graphics:


=Kammo Wall Jingle=


[1st Part of Death’s Lullaby]


[2nd Part of Death’s Lullaby]


[3rd Part of Death’s Lullaby]


=Abomination Vision= from the Playrooms

[C0L0R3D]

The Milotic? Wow, I hadn't even payed attention to them. Heck, we wouldn't even find out if was her because Borsei is, you know...kind of dead thanks to Astralnox. Speaking of them, let's see who Astralnox is and if he actually a Pokemon I dislike anyways!

[Noblejanobii]

Yeah the reveals are always kind of interesting. I remember there was one season, 3? I think?, where one of the stalkers ended up being the first interview I did that route so I was completely heartbroken to discover it was her all along. My character ended up not being the one to take her out, which I feel like would’ve been a more fun conclusion, but I still vividly remember the shock and how betrayed I felt upon the initial reveal. XD