SEASON 3


Okay, so I was thinking over the Sin Purge Ritual stuff and I thought of an interesting way to do it. It will be slightly similar to Round 1's, but with a few more twists. :3

Adis, last time in Round 1, was killed by the Stalkers because he was found out. And Abyss noticed what he was up to. Instead, someone else is working behind the scenes. Much more secretly, of course, (which is how she's been able to survive where Adis didn't).

Remember Tashy the Furret? She was a Stalker back in Round 1 (Undone), but she's back! Turns out, she's working as an undercover agent for Utopia and she's been in Southwarren for a little while now. Well, she's been training in Utopia skills and has been waiting for a good moment to work with the Emissaries. She'll be casually added in the middle of the list of citizens and it's up to the players to notice "hey, doesn't this Tashy seem familar!?"

Utopia can't deploy Angels into the living realm anymore. After what happened in Valdyne, it's too risky, especially since they lost four of their finest in that mess. It almost seemed odd to deploy a former Stalker in their place, but then it made more sense than anyone else when they thought it over. Tashy knows more about the Enthrallers and Stalkers and how they work than what most have dealt with. Not to mention Abyss doesn't suspect a thing and to them, Tashy is just another common Furret. They don't know about her training either. And Undone never had the chance to report back to Abyss, they just know they lost the original six Pokémon they had intended to possess. Meanwhile, Tashy knows how to resist the Enthrallers and knows what to watch out for. Plus, she wants payback for what happened in Serenity Town.

Tashy, who will get her own RP account, is willing to perform the Sin Purge Ritual, but she can only do it once, because once she does, she needs to bail as the Abyss will be onto her. Here's what she needs to do it, and it's a bit similar to what Adis worked with:

FOR EACH STALKER
  • 1 Candle
  • 1 Bowl
  • 1 Cup of Water
  • 1 Stalker Sample
  • The Stalker's Name


IN GENERAL
  • A Fire Source (the players can acquire either a [Restaurant Matchbook], a [Blowtorch], or a [Barbeque Lighter] to use for this purpose, but the items can only be picked up after they've talked to Tashy, otherwise they'll see these items but won't know they need them.


The catch is she, as well as the players, don't know how many Stalkers there are. So she doesn't quite know exactly how many candles and bowls and such she's going to need in total (and it's possible Tashy and the players may gather more than they'll need). Also, none of these items are from Utopia, so Tashy has to bless each of them, one by one, to make them holy. But she knows the words to the ritual and knows how to draw the Sin Purge Circle and she knows the Divine Judgment Statement. They won't need to worry about those (getting the Samples is what's going to make up for that!).

Tashy starts with two bowls. They're her own, but she's going to need more. Meanwhile, she doesn't have candles. Water is no problem for her as she can just get some from the tap in her apartment, but it still takes time for her to purify each cup to turn it into holy water.

HOW TO GET CANDLES
There are two ways to get candles for the ritual.
  1. Candles can be found by Searching locations.
  2. Candles can also be acquired by asking during interviews. When a good rapport is achieved, there is a 30% the Pokémon will have 1-3 candles to give to the player.


HOW TO GET BOWLS
Same with the candles, although the players can't be greedy. They can only ask for candles OR bowls, but not both at the same time.
  1. Bowls can be found by Searching locations.
  2. Bowls can also be acquired by asking during interviews. When a good rapport is achieved, there is a 30% the Pokémon will have 1-3 bowls to give to the player.


HOW TO GET WATER
This is the easiest for Tashy. She'll be happy to bless water straight from her tap, but she needs a bowl to put it in also.

HOW TO GET STALKER SAMPLES
This is where the Sin Purge Ritual game gets tough. The players don't get the samples in an easy pretty package this time!

There are samples of Pokémon EVERYWHERE. Scales, bits of fur, hair, what have you. Now, Tashy can bless one item per cycle, but she can also verify a potential sample each cycle as well. So for example, if you bring her [White Fur], [A Green Scale], and [Black Fur], she can use a cycle to verify if the Pokémon sample belongs to a Stalker or not, but she would need three cycles to get through all three of those. She can't tell right away. If it gets validated as a Stalker sample, it'll get added to Tashy's "Blessed Inventory" (as opposed to her "To do" inventory) Otherwise, it just gets tossed. Players can tell Tashy what order to bless and verify things. If they don't tell her, she'll just do them in the order they're found in, first come first serve.

Stalkers have two samples each. One at the end of their route, and a second dropped randomly in the field. But there's loads of other false samples laying around, also. There's some deduction work that needs to be done and it's going to take Tashy some time to get through them all.

HOW TO GET STALKER NAMES:
Follow the clues. That's all you can do. Be on the lookout for names in the puzzles and notes. Follow what is heard from the citizens. The players might have to weed out phony Stalker names, also.

THE GAMBLE
To eliminate a Stalker via Sin Purge, the players have to have the matching sample AND the correct Stalker's name (along with all the other blessed ingredients. If they only have one or the other, no dice, the Stalker survives post Sin-Purge and the only way to get rid of them after that is to Assassinate or Exorcise.

THE CATCH

Once Tashy has been found by the players and begins her work, SHE HAS TO BE PROTECTED FROM THE STALKERS AT NIGHT OR THE PLAYERS WILL LOSE IF SHE IS KILLED. Because Abyss will know about Utopia's deployment and will know the Emissaries have arrived, thus completely compromising the mission. They'll also find out about Sin Purge Rituals and that's BAD.

So that's what I have planned so far. :3

NON-STALKER SAMPLE ITEM LOCATIONS
Marked in MAGENTA

Spoiler:
BOWL LOCATIONS

Bowls start off as [Blue Bowl] or [Clay Bowl] when they're found (just for variety's sake, but they'll become [Blessed Bowl] when Tashy does her work on them.

These items will NOT be picked up until they talk to Tashy first.

(3) Simple Pleasures Diner
[White Bowl]
[Stainless Steel Bowl]

(15) Rancha's House
[Blue Bowl]

(22) Ferris's House
[Porcelain Bowl]

(28b) Sandwoods Apartments Floors 4-6
[Mixing Bowl]

(32) Another Round Tavern
[Pewter Bowl]


CANDLE LOCATIONS

Same deal as the bowls. Candles come in various colors, but become each of them become [Blessed Candle] after Tashy blesses them.

(16) Culton Apartment Building
[Holiday Candle]

(23) Lexin's House
[White Candle]

(40) Mizure Apartments
[Red Candle]

(44) Rubinelle Condominiums
[Festival Candle]


THE FIRE SOURCE

To recreate a [Ceremonial Lighter], Tashy needs to bless a fire source. There are four possible options available, but Tashy only needs ONE. These will only be picked up once the players have interviewed Tashy.

(2b) Jekker Park Northern Field
[Barbeque Lighter]

(3) Simple Pleasures Diner
[Restaurant Matchbook]

(8a) Overland Metalworks Floors 1-5
[Industrial Blowtorch]

(9b) Axlin Chemicals Floors 4-6
[Laboratory Burner]