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Overtale

Hey, before I post, do you mind answering a question that I brought up via PM?

Overtale

Please don't skip me. I might have a post up tomorrow, but Wednesdays kinda got filled up, lately.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

And I've posted.
So... how's everyone doing?

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

[Spruce]

While I really wanted some food from those crates, it didn't seem like everyone else was up for that plan. Celes was on my side, and Kamina was indifferent, however, Josh and Miles were opposed to the idea of trying to steal something from an obvious trap. They also brought up good points, so I couldn't really argue with them. "Alright, fair enough, let's see if we can just go around this room, then," I then had a horrible thought What if the stairs to the next floor are in that room? We'd have to fight them to continue on at that point... but... I'm not sure we'd be able to pull that off. I dismissed it as I tried to wake up Kamina with "Kamina, we're avoiding that room, let's go," I didn't want to step on what felt like fire on my feet, so I kinda had to make sure that he was awake so I could continue moving. While I waited, I looked at that room's ceiling, and waited for the perfect time to steal two apples from a vase in that room. It didn't take too long for the growlithe to ignore me, and didn't take too long for me to take the apples with a couple vine whips. I put them in my bag, and decided to wait until we were a few rooms away to start giving them out. Basically, I'd give them to whoever was the hungriest at the time, which means that neither Daniel or Anthony, given that they both just ate would get them. I then had a weird thought involving gladiatorial combat... but I passed that off as the heat finally getting to my head. "Kamina... sooner rather than later, please... I think the heat's getting to my head, or something," I announce to Kamina in a somewhat tired voice... why did I sound tired? I took a long enough rest from walking, and I really didn't take that much damage, today... weird.

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[Anthony]

While the heat never really got to me, at least, it didn't hurt me as much as most, it did still have a tendency to dry me out... such was the case in this bronze and steel tower. Heck, I'd be surprised if there was any slime at all on the floor due to how hot the place was. Spruce decided against taking the crate, and tried to wake up Kamina... but then he did something stupid. He used his vine whips to take a couple apples from their trap/storage room. His lack of patience shined through, again as he ordered Kamina to wake up and get moving 'sooner rather than later'. I would have said something... but the way he said it made me think that it was more the heat than him, at this point. "Josh... I'm a little worried for Spruce... I've heard that this kind of heat can be dangerous to the minds of some pokemon... he might be crazy by the end of this," he sounded tired, but thanks to Kamina he didn't walk too much, and on top of that, hasn't taken a single attack from anything in this place... again, must have been the heat... but can it really have this sort of effect? I started heading away from the trap room, hoping that they didn't just make the way upwards into a trap as I did so. To be honest, that would be clever of them... trapping our only way forwards... I just hope they didn't think of that. I thought as I passed by a part of the wall that seemed to be made of some strange device with two wheels. Obviously, the tires that would go on the wheels weren't a part of it, nor was anything that wasn't metal... but it looked like a device that a moderately sized, bipedal pokemon could use to get around somewhat quicker, that is, if it wasn't melted, and made into a part of a wall of junk.

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[Bonnie]

It seems as though Eralion heard my call, and protected the client, while somehow evolving in the process. He threw the dragonite onto the ground with his counter move, as well as his newfound strength. He wasn't showing it, but I could tell that the attack still hurt him quite a bit. "Here, catch!" I shouted at Eralion as I tossed an oran berry in his direction. I then thought for a moment that the dragonite was done for, that she wouldn't get up from that... unfortunately, I was wrong. Our client backed up as the dragonite got up from that, roared, and looked over towards me, the only one who doesn't have a decent way of countering her attacks... she then smirked as she used thunder wave on me, paralyzing me, and making it so I couldn't move, much less attack. She then turned her attention towards Tini, and, probably assuming he was like all the others of his species, she used dragon rush on him, making sure to avoid Eralion in the process. Thank goodness Tini's immune... else we'd have a serious problem trying to beat this dragonite... I thought as I tried to move, and... failed, unfortunately. Ugh... paralysis is the WORST... I continued on in my head. I then tried to even speak, but couldn't do so due to paralysis. Thankfully, our client was smart enough to stay away from the angry dragon and let the explorers handle this... even if one of them wasn't in the best condition at the moment.

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[Nina]

Before the last one could escape, I shouted "Hey! Wait!" the last dratini then turned around and looked at me, asking "Yeah? Whaddaya want?" I then responded with "I just want to ask a few questions... are you okay with that?" the dratini looked at its siblings, and then back at me and said "Yeah, sure... go ahead," I then finally asked a few questions "So... who knocked you out?" was the first question, with the dratini answering "Some explorers or somethin'... they were tough, WAY too tough for us to handle..." to which, I responded "Interesting... why would you try to attack them if you knew you were going to lose, and easily, at that?" the dratini shook his head, and answered the best he could "Some... weird thing in my head made me do it... whatever it was, it made me try and fail to take down a group of explorers way beyond our level. I think they were even trying to talk to us... the bunny lady even hesitated for some reason, and that made me feel bad, but I had to do it," I would have asked him more questions, but I learned my lesson from last time, and just said "That... might be helpful for what we're trying to figure out. Please, just go before that thing takes over again, alright?" the dratini complied and slithered away from the area... somehow, I had a feeling that I'd meet him again, under more hostile terms. I then turned back towards Rebecca, and said "So, it sounds like this... thing doesn't care how many of its own pokemon faint or even die in... whatever it's trying to accomplish... also, it seems like when a pokemon faints, this thing loses whatever hold it had on it... if only for a moment. We might not have gotten paid last time, but I still want to figure out all about these wild pokemon," after that little report, I looked up at the mountain we were supposed to climb... it almost intimidated me with its size, but I was determined to finish this mission, especially after having to deal with zombies just getting here... I headed up the pathway, leading the way forwards despite any other, more favorable matchups being in the party.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

I will post soonish, so don't worry. If you're wondering why I didn't post yesterday, it's because I was at my family's house all day.

Table of Monsters

Just a note, @Eklispe, the soup should be extremely spicy... the reason why my character described it as 'sweet' is because birds and reptiles wouldn't 'taste' spiciness.

Table of Monsters

I kept one of the keys, and headed up to the room number that matched the one on the key. It was dark inside, and I was exhausted. The first thing I did was fall asleep on the giant-sized bed, and drift into a dream where I was on some sort of huge adventure... that didn't include the princess. I made sure to lock the door to my room before falling asleep just to make sure she couldn't get in here, then again, she's been through much worse than a locked door, and for all I knew, her shoes had some sort of instant lock-picking enchantment on them. I wasn't too worried from that thought, thankfully, and the next day came with me waking up as soon as I noticed the light entering my room. Looking around, the bed's sheets, the curtains, and the rug in the middle of the room seemed to share the exact same design. They were all red, with gold on the outer parts of it. I looked to my left, and noticed a plate with some sort of strange cactus-based food. Thankfully, the needles have been pulled out of the cut cactus, which was now acting as a bowl for some sort of soup. Forgetting the fact that there was a spoon on the plate, I drank the whole thing in one gulp, and noticed just how sweet and sugary it was. That soup seemed to help me wake up, and I ran back down, hoping that the princess wasn't there, but... somehow... she woke up before me, and was already waiting at the entrance, complaining about the breakfast being "Too spicy" and about us being "Lazy". Great... looks like we'll have to get up in the middle of the night in order to ditch her... I thought as I went back inside, and waited for the rest of my team, hoping that she didn't see me, and would leave this place out of boredom before the others get here.

Overtale

Sorry about not posting, but I've kinda been sick. It's gotten even worse, today, and I don't think the pizza with extra red pepper helped, at all... if I don't post tomorrow, you can skip me, and just assume that my character also used his healing magic on the new person's character.

Table of Monsters

[Robert]

I followed Trey all the way to the inn, trying to make sure I didn't stumble over anything on my way. Backstabs, as quiet as ever, followed for a moment before heading back for some odd reason. Maybe she was going to try to talk the dragon out of more of her treasure as payment for her egg. I didn't see too much of the city on my way to the inn, mainly because I was focused on following my teammate, so it all just sort of looked blurry to me. Soon enough, we finally made it back to the inn. I opened the door, and the first thing I saw was the princess... who unfortunately saw me, and the rest of my team almost as quickly. "THERE you are. So, took you all day to find that egg, huh? Guess hide and seek isn't your strong suit, is it?" It hasn't even been two minutes, and she's already criticizing the group. If we're not even heading to the kingdom of Torrentia, her home, then WHY is she still following us around? I asked myself as I just nodded at her continued criticism towards... probably everyone at this point. I then stumbled my way over to the barkeeper, and asked "How much for a room, good sir... and do you take payment in the form of giant ruby?" He was about to answer that, however, Backstabs interrupted and handed him some coins, which... was just enough for five rooms at this place. The perfect amount, considering the following: We didn't care whether or not the princess had a place to sleep, and she could probably pay for herself, as she's been shown to have a lot of money that... she only likes to spend on herself for some reason.

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[Backstabs]

Robert wandered around in a circle, and the dragon gave us payment... or, at least a giant gem that's probably worth more money than I've ever had in my life. Dorisma caught it as the dragon just sort of chucked it at her, and the group was off to find an inn... this time with Trey following. I then got an idea... maybe I could convince the dragon to pay us enough for one night at the inn, so, after blindly following for a moment, I decided to sneak away from the group, and back to the dragon, who seemed to be teaching Miles something. "Very well... I suppose I could teach you the dragon's prayer. Many a drake before you has learned this, though, they usually learn it from a priest... say... do you speak draconic, young one? The prayer, itself is in that language," I listened in as the dragon started speaking in its own language... a language I couldn't ever hope to understand, let alone speak properly. I nearly fell asleep waiting until they were finished, but, once they were, I finally asked "So... miss dragon, would you mind also paying for our stay at your inn? I feel like we deserve it after saving your child from certain doom," she looked between myself and Miles, and seemed oddly nervous, but, thankfully, complied by handing us a bag of coins... probably just enough for our party to stay at the inn. "Thanks... I assume this will be enough, right?" she nodded, and I headed off towards the inn that Trey spotted. It wasn't a very long walk, and it was easy enough to tell where it was from here, so I made it there in what might be record time for our kobold leader... speaking of whom, he seemed to be talking to the innkeeper, and trying to negotiate some sort of price involving the giant ruby that Dorisma had. I simply walked up to the innkeeper, and handed him all the coins from that bag, and he handed me five keys, which I passed around to everyone before heading to my room, and passing out.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

[Spruce]

Kamina made his way to the next floor, and I could tell that he had trouble navigating the stairs, but, he eventually got it, and we were greeted with Daniel snacking on an apple, and pointing towards a storage room that was filled with vases and boxes that were apparently filled with berries and apples. Miles griped about how the food was cooked just due to the heat, and I responded with "Well... maybe fire types either don't mind their berries cooked, or prefer them that way... actually, Kamina, you're a fire type, right? Do you like cooked berries?" I found out that I was asking a stupid question after it was too late to correct myself and tried to come up with a way to get the food without triggering whatever trap or ambush might be set up, as Josh pointed out. I then came up with something "Hey... what if I used vine whip, while Josh and Matt used their psychic powers to lift the thing with me? We'd only need one box of the stuff, right, and they'll probably be expecting someone to just walk in there, assuming that it's safe, right? Well... with this, nobody would be there for whatever trap they have set up," I then waited for other ideas and plans to get at least one box of food from this place... even if it was burned, it was still food, and that was something we needed desperately at this point. Then again... how did they know we'd need it? Maybe they didn't know, but just assumed that explorers, no matter how much food they had, would want more... which might actually be correct, given that food isn't as easy to come by in mystery dungeons as you'd think it would be.

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[Anthony]

The others quickly joined us, and both Josh and Celes chimed in on the fact that this could very well be a trap. Spruce must have been pretty determined to get the food, though, and honestly who can blame him when our bags were as empty as they were right now. If I hadn't eaten that apple, that would have reminded me of just how hungry I was at the moment. Spruce put together some sort of plan involving psychic powers, and his vine whips, but... something told me that it might not work. "Well, if that doesn't work, we could always get Daniel to just bring us some more apples, though, his bag can't carry as much as those crates, so, he'd have to make multiple trips... he'll just have to be careful, right?" Daniel looked at me, and seemed just a little worried about his portion of the plan, but I tried to reassure him with "You were in that room before, right? I'm sure you can do whatever you did again," this seemed to work, a little bit, and he seemed less worried, but... I kinda wondered if he'd even get to do it... then again, maybe if he took some from the crate they were trying to pick up, it would be easier, and he could keep taking food from it until they can lift it up with their various powers. I paced back and forth, having pretty much nothing else to do, and I got a little close to the room and heard a growling sound from above... seems like I figured out what their trap is... some sort of monster house, where they're all waiting in ambush on the ceiling... somehow. I backed away, and the growling stopped. If we triggered that... well, this mission wouldn't end well... who knows how many pokemon there were up there, let alone how many can strengthen every one of their allies in a room.

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[Bonnie]

Eralion exposed a weak point for the druddigon, and Tini looked at me with those puppy dog eyes of his for a moment before going completely nuts against the thing, obviously finishing it off as he spammed fairy wind, something that the druddigon didn't see coming, at all. "So... um... onward?" I asked, somewhat uncomfortable with just how crazy Tini went. I've never seen him like this, usually, when he goes crazy, it's a happy sort of crazy that involves hugs and cookies... this time, it just included an all-out attack. Our client mumbled something, and I managed to overhear "Why do I always get the crazy ones?" though, I felt that if I responded, it would only make her think I'M crazy, too. I simply shook my head, and we continued up the mountain, running into something I didn't expect to see here... a dragonite. An angry dragonite, as well. "YOU! WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN!?" I then thought back to the trio of dratini who all tried to attack us... and ended up stuttering with "Um, uh..." she then repeated "WHERE ARE THEY!?" though, at this point, her voice sounded more like a roar than a yell, and she decided to attack us with dragon rush, hoping to hit more than one of us. I barely managed to jump over the attack, and I yelled "Someone! Protect the client!" I didn't really care who did it, and unfortunately, I only realized my mistake after I jumped, but either Eralion or Tini would probably do a decent job of protecting her. Eralion would counter, and Tini would be immune to the attack... and either way, the dragonite's going to take some serious damage, afterwards.

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[Nina]

"So, now you'll believe me when I say that we were basically attacked by some sort of eldritch monolith? 'Cause... that's kinda what happened the day before this, you know, when we teleported away," I responded to Dexter finally saying that he believes us. That... was kind of the only way to describe the creature that killed that buneary, and used its corpse as a puppet after death. I was trying to put that day behind me, and Rebecca helped by pointing out that we still have a mission to do on Mt. Dragoncoil. I nodded, and said "Yeah, let's find that abra on the top of the mountain... poor guy probably got lost after a missed teleport, or something," I then continued towards Mt. Dragoncoil, and notice a city at the foot of the mountain... while I almost wanted to visit it, and see what it might have to offer, given that it seems to be about double the size of Treasure Town, but... again, we were on a mission, and that abra isn't going to stay in one place for very long. I gave the city a wide berth, and found myself, and hopefully the rest of my team at the start of some sort of mountain trail. There were footprints indicating that someone's been here, recently, and there seemed to be three knocked-out dratini near a narrow ledge. I decided against getting too close to them, given what JUST happened, and looked back at my team, wondering if this was the same. I then heard one of them groan, and jumped back before it got up, and just slithered away... the other two did the same, apparently not wanting to fight. "Whew... that was a close one, huh?" I asked my team, wondering if they thought I was just being paranoid about fainted pokemon.