The best time of the week is finally here! Again!

>>28886751
Reporting for duty!

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>>28886751
Rocket Cadets Reporting!

>>28886751
Yes I didn't miss it this time

Time to get spooky

>>28887158
I bet it turns out they all just sit around in loose pajamas eating junk food and watching horror movies

>>28887158
HSOWA?

>>28886751
It's time!

>>28887219
YO MY MAN

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You feel Lilac pull you away from herself, shivering slightly from your cold embrace with an ecstatic smile upon her face,"So, you brought it right?"
You give your friend a happy nod and present the cake container to her, a quick hand on her part, relieves you of the baked good and she holds it up in the air with a small amount of reverence.
"Cake! You actually brought it!" She hops around a bit, spreading the low and sullen incense smoke around the room.

A few twirls later, and she finally stops to open it, a slight tear glimmering in her eye as she bears a sad smile,"Oh, I broke it."

"Wh-what?" You toe over and peek at the box. Seems that in her joy, the cake's all smashed and rocked around.

"I-I'm sorry Cerulean, you brough this for me and I.. and I..." Lilac trembles a bit, as the tears begin to get a little bigger, as always she's overly excited and extra emotional when it comes to kindness.

With a little hug around her waist, you assure her that its okay. It's still good after all.

The two of you chat for some time about the party that she missed. Lilac listens intently, invested in the volleyball match, laughing about how Bruise played dead, and then "ooo-ing and ah-ing" at your macho brace.
"So it even makes it hard to breath? That sounds awesome, I'd love to try it! Can I try it Ceru, please, please?"

"Uhh, I don't think that's a good idea," You confess," It's my size, and umm.. I don't know. I'm a lot stronger than you."
There's a glimmer in Lilac's eye at this challenge," Stronger than ME, you say?"
She immediately resigns," Well. I guess it's a given since you're pretty much part monster and all. I've seen what they can do from here. At least, in the times that I've channeled lost rangers. It's still amazing though."

You scratch your head lightly, a bit bashful," Well yeah, I guess."

The blue flames of the candles flicker their light throughout the hazey room.

>>28887366


>[] "So, the miko said there's a phantom..."
>[] "What do you think of Bruise?"
>[] "How are the spirits doing?"
>[] "Sorry you couldn't make the party."
>[] "So you really want to be a ranger?"

>>28887393
>So, the miko said there's a phantom
S-s-sleep over, Lilac?

>Sorry you couldn't make the party
>So you really want to be a ranger?

>>28887366

>>28887393
Waaaaaaaait
lilac as a ranger sounds Deeeeeeeeeeeelcious. but would they allow her to volunteer?

>>28887393
>>[x] "So, the miko said there's a phantom..."

I bet its an elaborate ruse for a sleep over....play along with ti

>>28887393
[X] "So, the miko said there's a phantom..."

"The Miko said there was a phantom, and I was thinking of staying the night. Do you mind if I sleep with you tonight? I promise I won't be too cold, and I make a good pillow."

Also we should ask if she can find out where the phantom came from and what it wants.

>>28887444
Agatha doesn't seem to want Lilac to go out in the world.

>>28887444
It's not as if mediums can't be rangers. It's just that Agatha does not let the mediums under her be rangers, as they are a precious resource. Lilac especially.

>>28887393
>>[] "So, the miko said there's a phantom..."
>>[] "What do you think of Bruise?"

I kinda wanted for Lilac and Bruise to work.

>>28887393
>>[X] "So, the miko said there's a phantom...

>>28887479
Yeah, we should definitely see if Lilac can't let us speak with the phantom ourselves.

>>28887487
But delicious /ss/.....

>>28887419
seconding

>>28887366
>[] "What do you think of Bruise?"
then
>[] "So, the miko said there's a phantom..."

>>28887393
does lilac do physical training in her off time? If not, then we should bring goldy and say that she needs to beat him(in physical endurance, no need to have spars) to have a chance of joining us.

>>28887499
>/ss/

I don't get it, Bruise and Lilac are two years apar- Oh. Kitty.

>>28887481
if we were older and an asshole, I'd say assassination
but as we are a little girl who's heart is more golden than the iron giant's
I recommend pouting

>>28887487
I second this.

>>28887527
It actually took me a few threads before I realized the reason why Bruise spent the entire party in the cold pool.

>>28887479
>Agatha doesn't seem to want Lilac to go out in the world.
Agatha doesn't want any medium outside of Lavender. I have a feeling that Mediums are really prized amongst strong nasty spirits.

>>28887796
Prized? It's the other way around, isn't it? Mediums are our region's defense against those spirits.

>>28887836
Strong Mediums are.

Weak/inexperienced Mediums? lolno.

>>28887886
Whatever gave you that idea? Aside from pessimism/a desire for dark implications? It's not that I can't understand/sympathize with the feeling. It's just that I don't see any hints of it. It's just a possibility.

>>28887918
Because ghost is strong against itself. Would make sense that mediums are more vulnerable to attack by malicious spirits, including possession.

>>28888040
Yeah, see. That doesn't really point towards the mediums being offered up as sacrifices to ghosts. Just that they're mutually vulnerable against their enemies.

Now, if they were being offered up as a sacrifice to Agatha....

You pout a little, recalling Lilac's wish from some time ago. She's brought it up now and then in passing. You've had mind to run it by The Boss, yet always thought it'd be a bit imposing to ask.
For, if anything Boss would need to do something about Agatha.

Maybe if you complete the mission you'd at least be able to ask something like that. It's be worth a shot for your friend.
"Lilac, you really want to become a ranger?"
The girl with namesake eyes beams in the blue dusky light, nodding fervently,"More than anything. I want to be free of this place and dance with all the living and deceased alike in this world." Lilac's eyes glaze over in a dream-like stare as she enters a brief state of fantasy.
"The danger, the thrill. Dancing upon death's door at a knife's edge. Would I be the next to be channeled, or would I live another day? Beasts and monsters from places unknown and untouched by humanity. I want to know what lies beyond not just the spire and the dome."
The medium clutches at her billowing robes, forcing out her true shape, that is actually rather waspish, as she falls back into her assortment of pillows and the like.

For the moment that she's enraptured by her fantasies, you smile plainly at her, realizing what you need to do for her. She's been here for too long, right? You look around at the gallery of candles upon the walls. Each one representing a spirit that the mediums control. In this room alone, you'd reckon that they number well over a hundred in Lilac's alone. Actually, now that you think of it...

"Umm Lilac? I come up here a lot but... I've never been able to walk up to the next floor, why is that?"

The sprawling Medium sits up at once, her eyes focused on you with her usual half-mad glimmer of a smile,"Oh, that. Well. Sometimes I'm on the 3rd floor, other times I'm on the 21st, and still others I'm upon the 50th or 67th. You keep walking until you find me though, right?"
You nod slowly,"Right..."

>>28888070
I think you have a different interpretation of 'prized' than was intended or something.

"That's because," She raises a finger, bending it slowly as she beckons forth one of the flames. As it pulls away from the candle, you see that these candles are never changed as the wick is unburnt.

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKAoJ5oxfeI

"It's because of them, the spirits that reside in this place." As the spirit floats before her, casting a ghastly blue glow upon her face, she waves a hand, bidding it to grow.
"Some say that fast is slow and slow is fast in the spire, though I've been told that it's all in how one approaches with purpose. A visitor seeks a medium upon a certain floor. Their willingness to see them determines how soon they find them." She looks from the flame, and her eyes meet yours.

"This is my room, and why there are no memorials here."

You look back to the spiraling staircase that you had come from. The corridor had always made you feel a bit dizzy, though you never really asked why. Some things are strange even within the dome...

Lilac returns the spirit flame to its candle, though she looks a touch paler for it," Will you be leaving me tonight? Or did you want to speak to me of the phantom that's tried tagging along?"

Your eyes go a bit big at that,"Oh, yeah, that, right..."

> What did you really want to ask about it?

>>28888284
Well, first things first; we should know why the phantom is lingering around us.

>>28888284
>> What did you really want to ask about it?
Who is that phantom and why is he lingering around us?

>>28888284
>Ask her about bruce
>Ask about the phantom and having a sleepover tonight.

>>28888284
"I was thinking of staying the night, and I would like to talk about the phantom.

Who was the phantom? Why is he hanging around me? Does it have anything to do with the sad guy I met on the subway?"

>>28888284
Well, it'd be interesting to know why we've got a spirit snagged on our soul or clothing or whatever.

And it doesn't really seem viable to return to the dorms tonight, so operation spooky sleepover is go.

>>28888369
this

>>28888369
Sounds good to me.

>>28888284
who it was and what it wants

>>28888693
Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiitches

"Well, umm, I guess I picked it up somewhere since a couple days ago. I met a weird man on the electro-tram today. Think it might have something to do with him?"

Lilac leans over her pillows to where you've taken seat, staring you directly in the eyes, seeming to search for something not unlike she's done before.
"Yes, yes, there may be something in that. Some people that don't come to the Church or Spire for cleansing may have things like that floating about. It's odd though."
Lilac's face scrunches up as she resumes her former position.
"Usually a spirit moves on when someone calls them to this place. The check by the mikos at the door is done more as a formality or tradition. Indeed, this is odd."

Your mouth droops open a little," I really don't like this Lilac, it's weird. I'm going to be okay, right?"

Your friend chuckles at that, a bit more giddy than she should be,"Oh yes, yes, you'll be fine. Though that's only because you're in my room and I'm here to take care of you."
Lilac reaches out a hand, her long nails almost like claws as though touch your head, feeling around your horn.

"What are you-"
"Shhh..." She quiets you with a single digit over her lips as she sbats her eyes shut and concentrates deeply, her hair slowly beginning to dance and writhe about her.

"The visitor does not remember its name. Not its name, history, or origin." She frowns at that, obviously displeased.
"What remains of its memories are scattered and hard to grasp like this,"She draws her hand back, a small smile drawing itself upon her face once more,"That's all I can gather like this."

"Like this?" Your mouth betrays you.
Lilac's visage darkens with a sinister grin,"No name. No one to call it. Only its slight attachment to you. We could use it, though you'd have to be the one to channel it."

>>28888820
2spooky

Why the hell is Lilac so adorable

>>28888820

Let's-a go!

>>28888820

Lilac, why are you best girl?

>>28888820
lets do it!

>>28888820
>You're the expert my friend, I trust you
*hug*

Not liking where this is going already, you clutch a hand over your heart and squirm a little in place,"Wait, you mean I c-could channel it?"
The air before you is replaced with Lilac's eyes boring right into yours with an ephemeral glint in her flower-colored eyes.

Her voice but a whisper through her sunless lips,"With my help Ceru, yes."
Lilac place a hind upon your thigh, squeezing it gently as her visage pulls back to reveal a progressively manic desire within her.
"It's been some times since I've channeled, and it'd be a first for you with an unknown entity. It could even take..." Lilac's voice whispers through the smoke the next few words.

"All night long."

>[] Channel the phantom...
>[] Refuse. No way are you letting a ghost in your body!

>>28889030
>Let's do this sweet thang

>>28888820
>>28889030
Lost my trip there.

>>28889030
>[x] Channel the phantom...
Threshold, 50.

>>28889030
>>[] Channel the phantom...

Lilac, you're so smooth. I bet the phantom is gone already and she just wants to be with Ceru for more time.

>>28889030
>"All night long"
Dammit Lilac! Stop making me like you more.
[X[ Channel the phantom...

>>28889030

Aww yissss

There is no way this will end poorly.

With the girl forbidden from channeling.

Hrm.

>>28889030
[X] Channel the phantom...

Let's do this. Make sure to get comfy before we start, it could take a bit.

>>28889030
>[x] Channel the phantom...
We do plan on getting a Froslass sooner or later. Might as well get a taste of what being a medium is like.

>>28889030
>Lilac places a hand upon your thigh
I wonder about my typos sometimes.

And now my fear of being up all night and going into the first day of our mission sleep deprived rears its head.

>>28889030
>>[] Channel the phantom...
/u/ time

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>>28889140
typos ... or subconscious ?

>>28889030
Oh my

>>28889163
Too ELITE to be affected by sleep deprivation.

Plus, we already got a great head start on things by bumping into the suicidal dude on the tram.

>>28889203
Do you mean Ara ara~?

>>28889030
>Lilac place a hind upon your thigh
Wait what?
>>28889140
>Lilac places a hand upon your thigh

LEWD! Both! LEWD!

>>28889197
Unless Prof has a thing for female deer I don't think him misspelling hand as hind has any subconscious implications.

>>28889259
could be interpreted as her sitting on Ceru's lap. As in hind end/quarters.

>>28889252
Nah, this isn't ara ara~

>>28889283
Ara ara~ means "oh my" in japanese.

>>28889140
>>28889259
>>28889275
Lilac may wear deer pajamas or somethin

>>28889315

TL Note: Ara Ara~ means Oh My.

It's also an efficient term to cause eargasms.

>>28889030
>[] Refuse. Can't afford to stay up all night before our first real mission.

>>28889315
Another thing to add to the list of shit I would have never learned if I didn't browse 4chan

I thought it was the name of a character archetype.

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>>28889343
>Lilac is secretly a Deerling or Stantler

>>28889030
How long would we have to Rest to get a full night worth of sleep?

>>28889030
>>28889436
Oh yeah, we'll always have Rest to help us catch up on some sleep.

Although I think how much time we use up on this channeling thing depends on how well things proceed.

>>28889433
if she becomes a ranger.......

>>28889436
>Upgrade Rest from 1 to 2.
>Sleep 30 mins
>Full night's sleep

>>28889436
At rank 1? A full night's rest.
You guys really haven't upgraded it for all your desire to be defense "stronk"

>>28889030
If the ghost possesses her, the macho brace should keep it in line, right?

go for it, it could be a clue.

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>>28889140
>>28889197
But how could someone put a helicopter on someone without even realizing it?

>>28889483
Can we upgrade it right now? We gots a point.

>>28889483
We have rank 2 Rest.

>>28889500
Well, we'll have to train it first. But we could definitely pre-purchase it.

>>28889494
ghosts anon ghosts

>>28889548
>Training rest dedicatedly
We learned it by napping next to Bryan by the pool.

>>28889531
Corrected, I don't even remember upgrading that. I blame espers.

Will still take a while to recharge, especially after this experience.

>>28889573
>Will still take a while to recharge, especially after this experience.
>especially after this experience.

Can we please not channel this thing right now?

>>28889483
We were too focused on awesome ice powers.
Not that I'm complaining.

waaaait Rest is rank 2.
Let's hold onto that skill point first.
really, if we knew that the story was going to have more investigation then fighting, the skill point allocation would have been a lot different

>>28889600
Best to take care of these problems now before they become PROBLEMS.

>>28889629
>Investigation, not combat.

These are not mutually exclusive.

>>28889600

There won't be another opportunity for this. This kind of event are one of a kind.

>>28889030
>[x] Channel the phantom

>>28889664
A once in a lifetime opportunity to disappoint the boss because >muh dark spirits

>>28889030
>>28888820
YOU DROPPED YER TRIP

>>28889600
we may have to disengage macho brace, but otherwise Ceru should be fine.

>>28889656
I meant having investigation at all. I thought we were going to the outskirts of the city for recon or something, and that needs survival skills.

This job favors Rest, Snarl, Feint Attack, and Quick Attack(although most of these are useful everywhere). Maybe thrown weapons for stunning human targets. It would have been nice to have an urban warfare skill too.

>>28889769
Macho Brace is apparently already off right now.

>>28889724
It might be a lead.
>>28889769
>Feint Attack
NOPE you should know better than this anon.

>>28889779
ohhhh right, forgot.

An all-nighter or two should be fine, right? Right?
this may end badly, but we can't NOT do this. I hope we won't need to burn tenacity though

>>28889825
>NOPE you should know better than this anon.
We used the fucking thing to chain into a hug on Alexis. This DARK ATTACKS ALWAYS BAD ALWAYS is dumb.

This is something we should want to burn tenacity/charm/whatever if needed.

Anyway, I'm going to bed before I see the critfails coming. Good night guys, thanks for the uest professor, and please have mercy dicegods.

>>28889825
I suppose feint attack IS a little excessive for sneaking up on civilians...

>>28889850
Dark attacks abandon self-restraint we could end up killing civilians.

You swallow back your apprehension and slowly nod, gathering up your courage against the unknown and look Lilac right in the eye amidst her wild expressions and increasing mania.
"Right, I-I'll do it. How do we begin?"

You feel the presence of Lilac's hand vanish from your leg, and she rises up, her voluminous robes following after her as she grabs a few candles from the walls and brings them over, throwing back excess pillows until only two remain. One for you, and one for her.
She then sets the candles numbering five around the two of you, the flames drawing first a circle of blue flame around the two of you.
You suddenly feel a little weary for a moment
"This is to contain the influence." Lilac explains as she gestures to the flames, drawing her hands out in a circle above her head before bringing them together in a loud clap, enshrouding the whole room in a brilliant blue that vanquishes all shadows save for one that lingers above you.

When you see it outlined, it begins to panic all of a sudden, looking back and forth with gleaming red eyes, a cracked and worn away mask in its grip. A monstrous maw begins to open from the shadow as it roars, writhing about its fiery prison.
Lilac looks upon the thing as a doting mother, whilst your heart pounds from the mad phantom's visage. Wild and ready to snap at the first thing that would even attempt to offer it comfort.

"Come forth nameless one, she shall wear your mask for you..." Lilac speaks in a hundred different voices reverberating within your mind, heart, head, and soul all at once while you feel the things connection to you become all the more apparent. Its rage and emptiness synchronizing with your own mind.

You begin to hold your head in fear, breathing heavily the gentle incense of the room, having some effect at calming you down.

>>28889769
We won't even be able to get Quick Attack for this job, though. That would require training.

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>Steel / Fairy a best

>>28889916
Haunter?

>>28889916
I uh...just had a thought.
We're letting the wild angry phantom just talk through us right? It won't get any of our powers, will it?
Cuz...yeah. Hope so. I think we're strong enough to cause a small disaster at the least.

>>28889937
but Mawile is shit

>>28889965

Yamask, I'd say.

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>>28889916
A Yamask? How did Ceru get possessed by a Unova spirit?

>>28889982
Lilac might be strong enough to exorcise the ghost, if things escalate that way.

>>28889965
Sounds more like Yamask

>>28889982
>>28889916
turn on macho brace TURN ON MACHO BRACE

>>28889996
Oh hey. I remember an image of it being posted last time by Prof (?). He already spoiled it for us.

>>28890004
Well, our mom's colleague could have brought it with him and transferred it to us by accident.

>>28890004
Yamask is the default presentation of human spirits. Did you not read the previous channelings?

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Lilac holds out her hands to you, palm up. "Place your hands upon mine, this is only the beginning."
You tremble with supernatural fear seeping into your mind, the exposed phantom thrashing against its imprisonment.
You want to rip this horrible thing to shreds as it beats against everything that is Cerulean.. Why would you want to let it in? It's a monster, you should kill it, it needs to die.
You inadvertently begin to snarl in instinct...

>[] Calm yourself. Take her hand. DC 20 Charm+3 Ten +1
>[] Enough, you can't go through with this. It feels.. wrong.
>[] Attack it! It needs to die! Kill it, kill it!
>[] (Other)

Rolled 11 + 4

>>28890076
Calm.

>>28890004

Yamask is a pokemon born from human souls. They are literally a form of reincarnation, as far as that can mean when you become a living ghost.

Read the pokedex entries on it. The canon entries, which says it has the memories of its human life and how the mask looks like their human face.

Rolled 3 + 6

>>28890076
>>[] Calm yourself. Take her hand. DC 20 Charm+3 Ten +1
YOU FORGOT THE ROCKET TRAINING AGAIN

Rolled 8 + 5

>>28890076
>>[] Calm yourself. Take her hand. DC 20 Charm+3 Ten +1
forget the rocket trINING

Rolled 17 + 4

>>28890076
calm

Rolled 17 + 4

>>28890098
>>28890101
Er, wrong modifiers, guys.

>>28890076

Don't forget the Rocket Trainning for a total bonus of +6, not +4.

Rolled 10 + 6

>>28890076
ROCKET TRIAINING

Rolled 11 + 6

>>28890076
assuming ELITE applies

Rolled 15 + 6

>>28890076
>[X] Calm yourself. Take her hand. DC 20 Charm+3 Ten +1 + 2 Rocket Training

>>28890093
Yes. I'm aware of that.
Next will you tell me that pokemon can evolve? Or how about Pokeballs are Round.

Rolled 12 + 4

>>28890076
>Calm down
It wants us to be afraid. That's what all monsters want. Don't let that instinct shit take over. Just trust our friend. She's really strong, possibly second only to Agatha herself

"I trust you, Lilac."

>>28890114
Prof wrote the modifiers wrong. He forgot the +2 from Rocket Training.

He did the same thing last thread.

>>28890109
>>28890114
Noyce.

>>28890115
Ah, this anon is right. We should have gotten a +6.

Do the two 17's still count, Prof?

Rolled 16 + 6

>>28890076
calm down

hand ready on machobrace button

Rolled 1 + 6

>>28890114
SEE>>28890115

>>28890076

>>28890109
hopefully this counts since Ygg forgot to give the right mods.

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>>28890155
>1

>>28890155
It's a good fucking thing this one doesn't count, even if Prof doesn't include the inadvertently wrong modifiers.

>>28890155
i am sorry

>>28890169
Don't worry bout it. Long since passed the limit yo

>>28890169
It won't count.

>>28890155
I'm curious what would have happened if this did count.

>>28890159
Can't punish you guys for operator error. Like before, the Rocket training has steeled you for things like this.
>>28890169
Indeed, passed the limit. That would've been interesting.

>>28890201
>Haunter lick
>Violent shakes
>We rage out
>Berserk destruction

>>28890180
It's fine. It's only the first 5 rolls. Prof takes the first 7 when he's asking for danger rolls. And even if Prof only takes the rolls with the correct modifiers, it's the 6th roll, so it's out.

>>28890201
We'd lose composure and give in to our primal instincts, I suppose.

>>28890179
if Prof doesn't count the wrong modifiers, it counts as the 6th roll out of 7

>>28890201
permanant posession, or we lose our shit and go on a killing spree

>>28889916
>>28889916
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMASK MOTHERFUCKERS
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!@!!

>>28890201
Curiosity killed the cat...

>>28890219
....yeah, I know. The first 7 rolls are only taken for danger rolls (1d100). Otherwise, it's the first 5 rolls.

>>28890211
Oh yes. Double 23's!

>>28890217
other way around, its 5 for danger rolls, and 7 for all others.

>>28890211
SAFE

>>28890267
Oh wait, it looks like we're both wrong. Best of 7 for matters of chance (1d100), best of 5 for danger rolls (1d100), and best of 5 for skill rolls (1d20).

>>28890301
......derp, you're right

>>28890235
What are you so excited for?

Oliver and that Pewter kid that Bruise was friends with were also Yamasks.

>>28890334
Cause I fucking looooove yamask

>>28890211

Prof, I have a request. At the end of today's thread(s) or in the enxt QTQ, could you please tell us what would have happened if the critfail counted?

>>28890383
I also have a request for another lewd writing,

>>28890423
Dude.
>Trainee Age: 12
DUDE.

>>28890487
SET IT IN THE FUTURE THEN

>>28890423
>>28890487
>>28890497
Well, let's leave that sort of stuff for the post-discussion, gentlemen.

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>>28889916
>When you see it outlined, it begins to panic all of a sudden, looking back and forth with gleaming red eyes, a cracked and worn away mask in its grip. A monstrous maw begins to open from the shadow as it roars, writhing about its fiery prison.

Sounds like its on the verge of evolving.

Which is all kinds of bad.

>>28890535
we're gonna need a second medium for thissun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxyOTFQFWQ0

>>28890487
hey anon
http://pastebin.com/xyY29vsF

>>28890535
YES YES YES
this is getting better and better

>>28890555
As with all problems, this can only be solved with the aid of ACE VENTURA, POKEMON DETECTIVE!

>>28890559
Mah gentleman of African decent

>>28890497
Fffffuck you

Tears well up in your eyes as you begin to tear through your gloves with the flex of your claws, hissing out your stress as you try to regain control over yourself.
You're not here alone. Your friend is with you. She's powerful, she can control this thing. She can help you.

Trembling with your body's implanted rage, you clasp your hands over Lilac's and she folds them around yours in turn. You find instant relief in her hands, the scream of the self-less spirit leaving your mind and conforming to the peace that a medium would demand of it.
Only Lilac's expression is not one of peace, but some kind of pleasure before ecstasy. You've seen her wear that expression after she channeled Caiss, Bruise's friend.

"Now it begins." Once more, a hundred voices of not-Lilac speak through you.
Your vision is obscured by something made of shadows, cracked and yet fleshy.

You suck in air to scream before-

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>>28890646
Yo Prof is >pic related ever gonna show up? He seems like the kind of guy that would go far in this world.

>>28890632
Just remember someone wrote a Ceru X Goldie Femdom fic
JUST REMEMBER THAT

>>28890653
Dude.
That shit
Oh man.
No one could possibly be THAT rich.

>>28890646
TIGHTENING ANUS INTENSIFIES

>>28890653
>My childhood

I forgot all about that guy!
That fucking ceiling mural.

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>>28890719
Man, of all pokemon movies, the power of one was my favorite

>>28890746
> not he mewtwo one
pleb

>>28890698
Wat if he's the equivalent of Alex Rosewater?

>>28890746
>>28890719
I never saw any of the movies (except for the one with Mew and Mewtwo, but I only ever got to see a part of the ending). Who's this Lawrence guy?

>>28890719
Professor.
Professoooooooooor
He has to be a villain. The richest motherfucker in existence.
HE COULD TOTALLY CAPTURE ALL THE WORLD'S LEGENDARIES
RIGHT!?

That airship has to be a huge piece of lost technology. Maybe we'll see the wreck some day.

>>28890768
He flies around in a bigass floating fortress and hunts legendaries for sport.

>>28890768
As I remember it a rich mother fucker who wanted to capture lugia.

>>28890746
>Going to rewatch pokemon movies as Quest research.
Watching every fucking episode of the anime would've been too much, but this is feasible. Especially for legendaries.
>>28890796
You'll see.

>>28890768
The only person in the anime who plays the Pokemon TCG

>>28890768
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Lawrence_III

>>28890796
Forget being a villain. He'd totally be my hero.

>>28890815
The Iron-Masked Marauder would be an interesting villain.

>>28890845
>Capture all legendary birds
>Channel them into massive element powered airship cannons
>Hold siege of large capital, demand to be made leader of the world
>All this because you were bored.

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>>28890815
Y'know who I really wanna see? >this motherfucker

>>28890883
>Not being made into leader of the world
>After capturing the legendary monsters and making the world safe to colonize again

You ungrateful bastard. Next you'll say Boss Giovanni shouldn't be fed his roasted ducks after having 10 year old children hunt around a forest of death for them.

>>28890746
I just really liked the 'Ash' pun. It's little touches like that which remind me a huge part of pokemon's success in the west was the work of the translators.

>>28890928
>Dat indoctrination

>>28890815
Professor would be possible to use Unown for magic spells.

>>28890987
kinda terrifying

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>>28890987
Makes me wonder just how awful he really is.

Is he "just" a greedy and cruel manipulator who only really cares about securing power from himself?

Or something even worse?

>>28891099
He's a nice man, any who says otherwise shall be given the great honor of helping with the testing of the newest weaponry

>>28891099
He is a great man and any who say otherwise should be shot.

>>28891099
I cannot stand to listen to you disparage our Great Leader. Report to the courtyard for your flagellation, cadet!

>>28890968
I suppose this could work for us though, in the right circumstances. That said, the tricky part is not having people immediately say 'Cerulean? That water gym?'


"And lo, mighty Kyogre will plunge the land into the depths, so strong that no army, no man or woman or beast can stop it. On that terrible day, when all have finally lost hope, dice shall be rolled to see which whether the fateful embrace of Cerulean shall coat all."

>>28891099
Failure to trust in the Great Leader is treason.
Treason is punishable by death.

>>28891224
...Man, wouldn't that be funny? A mystic prohecy with a typo?

>>28891252
I am positive this has been a plot point in fiction before.

>>28891252
probably a mistranslation from ancient texts

"He will be the one to bring balance to the force..."
"HIS SON will be the one to bring balance to the force..."

The suspense is killing me

So, uh... HOW BOUT THEM GHOSTS?

>>28891299
Nah, Vader was totally the one to kill the empire, he just had to slaughter a few younglings first.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmZN7rbJLoc
____________________________________________________________
You find yourself typing away at a terminal, looking at numbers upon the monitor that scarcely make any sense to you. Yet your fingers move by themselves, understanding everything.
You're in an office, the shadows flickering across your desk at things that should be there, yet aren't. Obscured, and unrecognizable.

Shadows move around you in this place, and there are other box-offices like yours where other shadows clack away at dark space.
Sound filters in, murky and disjointed. Voices from people that aren't here, and those that shouldn't be.

Your fingers continue to move by themselves as numbers and names flow across the screen.
This is what you should be doing, this is what you've done for a long time. It's small, and its niche, but someone's got to do it. Someone's got to keep track of all this.

The question here though is, who are you?

This bleak office holds not that answer, nor should it really matter, nor does it really. You just... "are."

You hear something muted pierce the background fuzz.
" ___, hey.____ that report?" A shadow stands before you, and you rise up, collecting a few papers you've printed out around ten mimutes ago.
"Yes, _____ but _____seems ____ issue ____ his count."'
"Oh?" The shadow takes the papers from you and a face forms as you focus upon it.
Looking over the review, the faced shadow seems confused," ____Issue? Wh__"

"Pewter____ Wrong. ___ent email____ Remind ___self ____ look into."

>What is this?

>>28891347
some pre-disaster stuff?

>>28891347
Silph Co. accountant. This is clearly the accounting issue Ms. Seraphis brought up. Perhaps.....someone was murdered? A colleague of the man we met on the tram?

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>>28891347
We're a coworker of that accountant guy?

Though how long has this world had cubicles, computers, email etc?

Considering the isolation, that could have been the status quo for centuries.

>>28891394
If someone was then where is the body.

>>28891347
Okay, the phantom has to do with Silph Co. most likely. Something about a count not being right and there being an issue with it.

This guy said he'd look into it, something about Pewter so we might want to start looking there, and now he's a phantom. Which does not bode well for other people investigating this.

>>28891394
This seems most likely, although it surprises me that this phantom is already so degraded.

>>28891347
Oh dear.
It seems an accountant somewhere noticed things wrong in silph co.
And it seems someone didnt want things to be found.
What a tragedy.
What a terrible night for a curse.

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>>28891347
Seems like they're bringing up the error in accounting, and sent an email on the subject?

Not sure what's in Pewter though.

I hope you all listened to the Lavender music for this post.

>>28891469
I have it on constant replay in the background

>>28891469
I already have a headache so no I didn't

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>>28891469
Just finished it actually.

Well played sir, I am now terrified.

>>28891469
Yes, but only when reading posts.

>>28891443
We're....we're just looking through the memories of the phantom right now.....

This ghost is probably the one who found the clerical error and, afterward, got murdered for it (before or after the blame was pinned on the guy we met on the tram). His ghost probably followed that guy for a while and, when we mentioned that we could help, it probably jumped onto us.

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>>28891511
Also watching Nightmare Before Christmas, so that's helping.

>>28891616
But it's supposed to be long dead, isn't it?

Maybe we should get a clarification on how long "long dead" is.
Because I was thinking pre-pokecrisis long.

>>28891394
>Silph Co. accountant. This is clearly the accounting issue Ms. Seraphis brought up. Perhaps.....someone was murdered? A colleague of the man we met on the tram?

>You reason that this seems most likely. Someone died trying to look into this. The entire place shakes as you begin to realize this, yet none of the shadows here notice.
>You see Silph logos appear upon the walls of this place where they are gaudily appropriate.

>You faintly remember that you're not the man in this office, and a pair of bloodshot eyes expand upon the shadows of the wall, taking notice of you.

>You may try to bring up the phantom's memories, as broken as they are.

>>28891654
If it's that old....holy shit. I am suddenly super curious.

I am so terrible with puzzle stuff though.

>>28891654
>>28891668
The point seems to be moot. We weren't the man in the office.

Let's continue to dive into this.

>>28891668
well, shit. How do we attempt to bring up memories?

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>>28891616
Makes me wonder what role the lady what hired us has to play with the accountants.

You'd think she'd mention someone turning up dead if she was also investigating the errors in numbers.

And was she the one to fire the guy we met on the train?

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>>28891668
Maybe the phantom checking his email, so we can learn his username and password?

>>28891724
Giovanni posited that she was just an accountant herself looking to show up one of her superiors by pointing out one of their mistakes (such as just saying that this entire issue was just an error in accounting).

>>28891641
I want to see Lilac be the Medium of Giratina. She be all "Rawr! Imma dragon!" and then Shadow Force bitches.

>>28891768
B-b-but the Reverse World is like hell....which would make Giratina....

>>28891668
See if there is anything to do with Miss Seraphis in his memories.

Try to dredge up details about exactly what the error was, when he noticed it, why he mentioned Pewter.

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>>28891760
Or not the phantom, but the one in the office if possible?

Also I don't like the sound of those bloodshot eyes.

>>28891668
See if ghosty remembers angry tram man at all.

Or Seraphis.

>>28891668
>Check wallet and desk

>Roll to remember.
>Nat 20+Elite 2
>Remember his entire life, spend the rest of the quest thinking we're some kind of catgirl accountant

>>28891724
The train guy mentioned that he wanted to go out to pokemon because it'd be an effective way to disappear. It's possible that Seraphis doesn't know this person is dead, only that they're missing. Or she knew and kept it to herself because... corporate reasons.

>>28891797
We created distortion. It's like in Inception. We stood out from the dream.

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>>28891793
>>28891793

>>28891690
Cerulean didn't remember who she was at first. Ghost mumbo jumbo.

>>28891719
>>28891690
Something that might help.

>[] Look into the email.
>[] The death.
>[] The man on the train.
>[] (Other)

[Be warned. The more you look through the memories, the more the spirit will assert itself against you. There's a finite amount of probing to be done before Lilac is forced to remove it from you.]

>Listen to that lavender town screeching twice
>After eating a ton of tater tots and half a jug of eggnog
I feel like I'm gonna puke now...

>>28891823
>>[] Look into the email.

>>28891823
>Email

Let's prioritize that. Then

>Death

>>28891668
>>28891823

Who's work was this error appearing in? What site/facility was it regarding?

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>>28891823
>Look into the email.

>>28891823
>[x] Look into the email.

We need to find out what the email was about, then we can fill in the rest with our investigation.

>>28891823
[x]the death
that's the important part

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>>28891854
I think that's what we're hoping the email will tell us.

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>Email

>1d100 Danger Threshold- 10 They're watching.

Rolled 32

>>28891929
Oh my.

Rolled 22

>>28891929

Rolled 52

>>28891929
LET THEM SEE

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Rolled 43

>>28891929
Well they're gonna watch us crit-fail.

Rolled 9

>>28891929
I got this

Rolled 69

>>28891929
WHO YA GONNA CALL?!?

Rolled 44 - 10

>>28891929
Devil guide these dice!

Rolled 69

>>28891951
You totally do.

>>28891951
YOU FUCKMONGERING PIECE OF SHIT

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>>28891951
You certainly did, didn't you?

>>28891951
No you don't anon.

Rolled 42

>>28891929

>>28891951
Thank Arc you didn't include the modifier. That'd be a Nat 1.

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So now that the whole night's wasted, who's up for some s'mores with Lilac?

Assuming we're not killed by the ghost.

>>28891951
m-maybe a good event roll will mean the spirit is becoming more cooperative?

>>28892003
Do smores include cuddles?

>>28892003
let us introduce this ghost lady to the power of smores.

>>28891998
d100 danger rolls don't work like that.

Nat 1 also doesn't work like that in ANY system. Natural 1 literally means that a 1 was rolled without any modifiers.

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>>28891998
There is no modifier.

It's just a 1d100 with 10 and lower being the fail range.

We almost got away with it too.

>>28892029
If it wasn't that meddling Anon and his dice.

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>>28892058
I bet Prof Ygg was planning on having the fail threshold grow higher each time, thus limiting what information we could receive.

But never mind that I suppose.

The fun starts now.

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>>28892029
Ahhh. I misunderstood the Prof's post. Thought he wanted d100 with a -10 penalty for the spirit's attention on us.

And I learned what a natural 1 is. I'm full of knowledge now. But we're probably gonna score some nice psychological trauma when the ghost fucks up our mind.

Rolled 4

Critfail check

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>>28892127
Fortunately, Evil is super-effective against ghosts.

We just gotta get in the right mindset when we fight back.

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>>28892144
Low is better, yea?

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>>28892144
...Could be worse, I suppose.

>>28892151
>>28892150
Cerulean's usage of evil moves involves a mindless state, correct?

Can't spook something that doesn't recognize it's spooky!

>>28892144
Reminds me of when Zapdos passed by, although I think we got a 5 on the critfail check that time.

Professor, I've been reading your work since the beginning of Gargoyle Quest, and I must say: You've done a damn fine job, and you've only gotten better. I doubt you remember me and my participation. Your quests have always been some of the best on /tg/, and the premature ending of each previous one was heartbreaking. It was a good ride then, and I hope it will continue to be.

One last thing; Keep kicking ass, mate. I'll be sure to read this quest in the archives tomorrow.

>>28892248
Yes. It's basically us falling back onto Crytten's natural instincts and beating the fuck out of things. Not helpful in this situation, because we can't hit ghosts, and we'll likely go 10 grades of batshit on Lilac in the process.

Is that new OC, Ampup, I think it was called, is that going to be the first-form of Zinogre? Because that's gonna be boss as shit.

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>>28892248
That explains how Evil type pokemon resist Ghost-type attacks, not necessarily how Evil attacks are extra effective against ghosts.

Maybe as purely spiritual entities, ghosts are vulnerable to malice and suchlike the same way psychics are?

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>>28892380
Eh, while it's true the attacks themselves won't do anything to a ghost, the killing intent behind them might be effective on their own.

Slow thread tonight...

Anons, I ask you: We're currently Ice/Water type. If you could change ONE of our types, which would it be, and why? What would you change it to?

>>28892581
none.

>>28892581
ice
ehhh
GHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOST

>>28892581
I like the peace. But I wanted steel. Or dragon typing. Or electricity. Any combo of those.

Not happening for me though.

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>>28892581
Eh, we have a good thing going here.

Any of the rarer types would severely limit future grafts.

>>28892581
I'd change ice. Because I wants more hugs.

>>28892581
Can't change either, because ice goes with water so well.

Maybe throw psychic in there somewhere, but that's just because psychic is OP as fuck in gen 1.

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You try to think to the email, that's the most promising lead you can garner from this, and you need to "remember" it.

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=LgY8pZgtDjQ#t=21
Skip to 0:20
The office rumbles as the eyes focus upon you intently, the place shifting and churning as you try to think to the email. The rattling breath of the passed on gives way to the dark walls breaking away into an open maw beneath the eyes as they leer upon you.

Your heart begins to pound, and a memory floods into you as the phantom draws upon you with an absent mind and an intent to take more from you than you'd ever be willing to give.

> Charles Zaphrain has sent a report of the numbers run from the Pewter warehouse's stock of metals from the quarry. There is a substantial disparity between the stock and the numbers reported having been mined. This will require looking into.
>Forward this to Miss Seraphis for her her appraisal and possible review of superior staff.

As the thing draws upon your vulnerable spiritual body, you feel this world torn away suddenly. The cracked shadows upon your face get cast away.

Tired, and a little woozy from the whole experience, you fall forward into Lilac's lap, woozy, yet the medium is not quite done with her task.

In the bleary corner of your vision you see Lilac open her mouth wide, wider than she should be able to.
With a bright expression she gnashes away at the tail end of the spirit, forcing it down her throat right up until the mask.
At that point, she holds the empty thing tenderly, caressing it as it breaks away into dust and then nothing.

You pass out, retiring for the rest of the night.

>>28892645
One of the reasons water is such a great type is because it (mostly) auto-unlocks ice-type moves. Between the two types, we have a strong attack range againswt most things. If you have dark, normal, water and ice, your attacks supereffective against nearly all things (freaking magnemite!). People grabbed ice to get STAB + plus avoid risk of evolving with a third type, though I dunno that it was a great move. Ideal choice would be to replace ice with something that is an extremeley strong defensive typing (Steel/Water is the 5th best typing combination in the game), or else something that grants offensive attacks that can trump anything we don't already have an edge against (FREAKING MAGNEMITE!)

>>28892734
Lilac aint afraid of no ghost!

>>28892784
Steel no longer resists Dark.

>>28892734
LILAC ATE MAH NIGGAH YAMASK!

and now, a bad idea:

Putting high flammability kerosene in our arm water chambers so that we can use flamethrower attacks.

>>28892734
So...Agatha teaches the technique of ghost munchies?
That's fucking metal as shit man.
Holy fuck.

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>>28892622
Ghost isn't a type, I believe. It's part of why some people are clamoring so much for Frosslass.

>>28892697
It occurs to me that we may well get outhugged by Bruise if he ever goes Machamp.

>>28892734
Jesus, that death rattle.
And that Lilac.
Think of what Agatha is like.