Stalkers RPG: Dustwoken - Main Action and Team Status [SEASON 1]

[Noblejanobii]

I will go search (4) Kako Industries Farm

[Neo Emolga]

Sorry if I'm late guys, I died. But I'm better now.

And you know what? I better NOT die the same way again. I demand variation in my deaths! Originality!

Anyway, I'm gonna go explore (44) Jade Acres Park.

Oh, and if you think this drawing is ugly? Give me a break I was just reincarnated!

Taking just a moment to get accustomed to the Heracross form you once had many years ago, you head out with the morning sun, intent on seeing if there’s anything unusual going on with Jade Acres Park. It’s a bit of a hike from Benni’s farm, but you make the trip nonetheless and arrive after about an hour of walking.

From what you can see initially, the years haven’t been too kind to this park. It’s surrounded by a ring of trees that have shriveled up and died out into husks. Meanwhile the further out you go, the more decay you see until there’s virtually nothing left. You’re not even sure why, but nonetheless, you head closer to the small forest and keep a watchful eye out for anything that looks unusual.

Before you even reach the heart of the forest, you come across a small stone table that at first you mistake for a park bench, even though it seems like it is randomly placed here among several dead trees. The odd thing is there’s a square-shaped hole in the center, which you’re not sure what it’s there for. You lean in to take a closer look and…

@Void Rapture – GHOST (5 Sanity Damage)@ Trap 30% Evasion Test: 75 out of 100: FAILED!

…you mistakenly make contact with the bench. And it’s like you feel a part of your br͆̔ain͂̈́͆̑͗ͭ̏ ̠̥̠̜ͭͯͦ̊ͩͅr̮̹̙̙̭̦̬ot͕̫͙̬̰͕̻̃̂ͪ̌̇ͦ͐ṫ̝̜̮̻̲̫̔̅̓̎̾e̘̽ d̲̰͍ of̟͉͖͚̱͍̖f̙̪͒̋ ̿̔a̙͇͙̟̩̠̬͌̎̾ͯ̀ͧͯnd̋̊̐͑ͧ̈́̚ ̗̪̻̳͚š͔͎̫̥̥̰̼ͬͬ͛͋̅̓t̤͓̳͕̋͐ͥ̋ạrͮ̈́̂͌ẗ̆ͣe͙̹͖ͤ̓̈́̓ͨͭ ̮͕͙d̞̪̺͍̉ͯ͒ͩ f̟͉̣̟̃̾͊͌e̝̻̹̣̜̩ste̽͑r̥̻̻̻̣͍̪͒ͧ̉̓̓ͦͣi̙͂nͦͫͧ̇ͩ͌̆g̒̆ ̩̰̱̖̖̓͛͊ i͍̼̟̺n͉̮̪̾̎̈́t̜̑o̬͇͓̲ͤ̏͒̈́ ̄̌̈̈̈ͬ̚t͂̂̉̔ͪ̇͂he r̼ͧë͎̖͙̪̺̍̋̇̍s͕̰͙͎͎t͓̗̪͔̦̙͂ͪ́̊ͯ̑ ̮̗̥̓̈ͬȍ̲͈̟͙̬́̋̽̐f͎̲̀̂̊ͅ ͇̝̥̻͊͒̀̾i͙͔̜͍͓̱̬t̙̣̞͔̠̳, ̈̿mã͔̫̪̾ͨk̜͖͒̍î̻͎̮̃ͣn̘̯̱̓͐̊g͕̻͙̬͇̜̒̾͂̐ͤ͗ ̰́ȳ͙o̟̫̻̐́͐u̫͚̟̝̦̟̒̈́̾̔̑ͫ ͔̖̯ͩ͋̽w͓̩̰ͅr͐̈̓͛ͬ̚ȅ͉̪͕̘̟̖̈́̂ͤ͂̅t̺̜͈̎͗̓ćͦ̌ͬ̅̎͒hͮ͋ͩ ̣̰̫͍̖̉̃ ̪͓͎̓͆͑̎ͅa̜̪͇̪͎̰ͫ͑̐̊̾͒nd̫̤͓͔̜̈͊̈̏̓ ̤͉̙̫͊̓ͤͭa̘̪̬̱̭̽́͂̃̿ndd̬͔̪̖̞̳l͍͎̹n̈́͋ͮ́́i͖͖̬̯w̄̌ajͤ͐ ̫͓d͑͋ͥͦ̽ͯsf̙̜̰̝̜̼̍͛̔̇̓̑s̠̰͑ͦa͖̺oi͉͉͖͍ͅe̞̣ͥͨ ̘̯͚ạ̥̜̫̯i̯̦͔̅̊̚fd͇͈̰͎͇̘ͭ̀ͯ̓͑̚a̬̻̝̋̒̐s̮̤̖̣̞̰̟l ;̿

Scy has suffe̠͎͕̲͉ͯ̉̊ͥͧred 2 Sanity Da̮̝̣ͯ̎͌mage.

…it makes you twitch. Just a bit. Like a little jig before it suddenly feels like it becomes a full-blown seizure and you suddenly find yourself lying on your back on the ground, spasming. It gets worse when you make the mistake of reminding yourself that you’re all here ã̻̯̥̰̤̼̈ͥ̿̽̍ll̃̑̃̽ͤͪ͌ ̭̓a̮loṇ̣͓̰̰͉̄͌̇͒̆ͪe and there’s no one coming to help you.

Scy ha̮̝̣ͯ̎͌s suffered 3 Sanity Damage̠͎͕̲͉ͯ̉̊ͥͧ.

You make up what feels like hours later, jaw hanging open and you snap to attention, almost gagging in the process. Part of you wonders if you died again and this is just you waking up to enjoy a fresh new nightmare, but no… instead you see this one hasn’t ended yet. And you get up, looking at what caused this in the first place…

@{The Altar of Vacancy: Cube-Shaped Hole} Void Rapture GHOST – (5 Sanity Damage)@ has been noted in the Team Records.

You really feel like you didn’t deserve that. Still, once you get back on your blue spiked feet, you look back at the altar, making sure not to touch this awful thing. You observe the cube-shaped hole, realizing there’s something that’s supposed to go there. What, pray tell, you can only imagine, but for now, you need to move on.

You head more toward the center of the park, where the last few living trees go from surviving to thriving. But what you find in the center of it all almost seems to be a complete anomaly. There’s a small tear in the fabric of space and reality here, forming a kind of portal in the ground. It almost seems like it leads to an entirely new world. You take a closer look, but then it’s like the portal senses you… and wants to connect with you. You back away, but instead it connects with you…

Scy has gained 3 Kurosuōbā.

You suddenly feel like a part of you was suddenly interwoven into a completely alternate dimension. You feel strange, but all of a sudden, it’s like you know this portal’s purpose. It’s like… it’s simply waiting to receive something.

@{Dorimugeto: Sunadokei Taburetto} – ~3 Kurosuōbā~@ has been noted in the Team Records.

For just a brief second, you seem to understand. A sudden vision of an hourglass comes to mind, but for what, exactly? What does it all mean? It all just seems like shadows shortly after, like they’re hiding a riddle that you used to know.

You decide to turn around and leave, feeling like all you’ve found here were new mysteries… and not the answers you were hoping for. Maybe it will all mean something in time, but for now, you find yourself unable to go further, leaving you heading back to Benni’s farmstead to try and gather your thoughts. What could it all mean?

Once you arrive back at Benni’s you decide to rest it off a bit and wait until sundown. Thankfully, the taste of her Pecha Berry muffins is delicious and it makes you feel at ease again…

Scy the Heracross (M: Bug / Fighting)

Health: 20/20 | Sanity: 15/20 | Purity: 20/20 | 3/10 Kurosuōbā | Dodge Rate: 30%
Perk: Repair
Reincarnation Forms: Heracross, Scyther, Centiskorch, Snom, Volcarona
EQUIPMENT:

• Defense Armor: <Empty>
• Jewelry: <Empty>

[Neo Emolga]

I'm gonna use my Security Skill to try and untrap one of our items

Oooh, you’re letting me choose which one? Sweet!



You decide to stay in this morning and work on removing the curse off of the Blackened Rose. You’re already aware ChiChi experienced this curse itself while receiving it from Raboa, who clearly was falling under the grim effects of this defiled flower. While you may not know all the details regarding this curse, you’re aware even just touching this corrupted thing causes the melancholy and self-destructive affliction.

First, you put on a pair of rubber gloves over your yellow paws and you put on a pair of safety goggles, just in case something foul sprays or bursts out of it. As you investigate and analyze the blackened rose, you try to search for signs or indications as to where and how this corrupting effect is being caused. Nothing physical seems to give any clues, but you weren’t expecting any given what you’ve know about what this curse tries to target. This afflicts Pokémon on a spiritual level.

@Horrific Defilement – DARK (6 Purity Damage>)@ Trap 80% Disarm Trap Test: 77 out of 100: Success!

You realize the black rose has been coated with a cursed dark ichor that cannot be perceived on the physical plane. Normal washing with water and scrubbing with soap doesn’t remove it either. Disinfectant spray will at least get it started enough to penetrate into the vile coating, but to really purge it out, you find yourself asking Benni if she has any holy water around, which you use to clean the rose after breaking up the coating. After ten minutes of generous soaking, the defiled ichor coating is washed away and the rose is clean, even though it still reeks of Stalker presences. But at least now it’s safe to handle.

The Horrific Defilement curse has been removed from the Blackened Rose.

With that done, you then place the Blackened Rose back in storage. While it will always have a Stalker’s taint on it, at least now it is safe to handle.

Maya the Pikachu (S: Electric)

Health: 16/16 | Sanity: 20/20 | Purity: 24/24 | 5/10 Kurosuōbā | Dodge Rate: 40%
Perk: Security
Reincarnation Forms: Gardevoir, Alolan Ninetales, Meloetta, Baile forme Oricorio, Cinderace
EQUIPMENT:

• Defense Armor: <Empty>
• Jewelry: <Empty>

[Neo Emolga]

I will go search (4) Kako Industries Farm

You decide to use this morning to investigate the Kako Industries Farm itself now. It’s a very short distance from Benni’s farm, which is good as after yesterday’s long and tiring investigation through the tancorn field, you feel you could use a break from walking.

From the outside, you look up and see a lot of the old industrial farm has seen a lot of use over the years and a lot of the equipment is almost fully depreciated, but still works. However, a lot of it looks like it could break down any minute now and your only solution would be to replace it. Every day these machines work feels like yet another day of borrowed time.

The structures themselves also show their age. The tancorn silos look like they’ve been in operation for several decades now and you see the metal plates and panels peeling and rusting in a few spots as well. And the main structure of the facility could use a lot of renovation work done simply to update it.

It isn’t until you search around the western silo do you find something odd. It’s something unique that you can sense whereas normal Pokémon would never ever know it was here. About four feet away from the silo, you feel the source below you and start digging, feeling a strange shadowy presence in the ground. You use your pink paws to dig a hole, and eventually you come across something solid. At first, you’re reluctant to touch this black, smoky orb, but after holding it, you assume it’s safe when you realize it’s not trying to defile or infect your mind and spirit.

As you look upon the smoky baseball-sized orb, you feel it fully charged with a shadowy power. At first, you cannot fathom its purpose or why it’s here, but suddenly it hits you. This device is a conduit, charged with a shadowy energy very similar to a relic battery. Somehow, someway, this stored power is meant to be used as an energy source. But you don’t know if its meant to be used for a machine, a ritual, to charge a weapon, or possibly even swallowed. You decide to hold onto it for now, hoping in due time you discover what this thing’s purpose is.

[Putki] has been added to the Team Inventory.

You then search the main structure. Here, the harvest tancorn is cleansed, prepared, packed, and sent off to distribution. The machines also seem very worn-down and it amazes you some of them are still running. However, they’re definitely on the loud side and you hope the next generation of machines will be much quieter.

You check one of the storage supply cabinets, and you find more tools and equipment like harvesters, fertilizer spreaders, pest deterrents, and the like. You even find a pile of weapons and armor, likely used to defend the farm from raiders or thieves. They look old, worn, and like they haven’t been used in quite some time, but you find a decent looking set or armor in the pile that’s still in decent working condition. It appears it was intended to be for a guard on sentry duty. Since it doesn’t look like any of these will ever be used again, you decide to take one set and wear it yourself.

Lewisia has equipped the +|A| Sentry Armor+ (2H).

The rest of them look too worn-down to be of any use and just don’t seem reliable. Meanwhile, the weapons have become worn, brittle, and rusty. You hope for Kako’s sake they won’t need to defend the farm any time soon. Or you hope they’ll at least be able to battle well using their own natural powers and don’t need weapons or armor.

After investigating the rest of the interior, you decide to head back to Benni’s farm just as the sun begins to set. All the while, the black smokey Putki orb never seems to rest as its dark energies continue to swirl about in the globe…

Lewisia the Shaymin (S: Grass)

Health: 16/16 | Sanity: 20/20 | Purity: 24/24 | Dodge Rate: 40%
Perk: Security
Reincarnation Forms: Gallade, Arctozolt, Galarian Rapidash, Mawile, Hisuian Typhlosion
EQUIPMENT:

• Defense Armor: +|A| Sentry Armor+ (2H)
• Jewelry: <Empty>