Session 1 - Where Are We? Transcript

This is a transcript of Session 1 of PokeRole: Journey of the Poke-Pioneers!, Arc 1.

## Transcript

### What are we?

*>Role initiative. DEX+SURVIVAL.*

1. Riley
2. Brooke
3. Tucker
4. Ralph

Riley -> You wake up and you find yourself surrounded by several different Pokémon, strangely enough. And you're in a place that you don't find familiar. Instead of, say, your comfortable bed at home with walls and a window with lights streaming through it, you're laying in some tall dry grass and there's a warm breeze rustling in slightly; and the earth beneath you is dry and arid.

Riley -> As you take a look around, you can see there's a couple of rocky outcroppings nearby as well as a few small puddles of stagnate water; and the way the grasses have formed, it looks like there's some natural paths leading away from this place.

Riley goes back to sleep.

"I'm gonna wake up soon. I'll be back in bed."

Brooke -> You wake up in time to see a Riolu looking around briefly before laying ~~black~~ back down, mumbling something about being a dream.

*>Error. Kyrio crashed.*

*>Kyrio connected. Resuming...*

Brooke -> There [are] also two other Pokémon nearby, and the area around you seems to be some sort of arid grassland.

Brooke runs his eyes and frowns. "Where the heck am I?" Brooke gets up and looks at his hands. "Woah... this is freaky."

Brooke -> Looking at your hands and yourself you realize that you're not human anymore. Or at least you don't seem to be. Your hands are blue and scaly, and your underbelly looking down seems to have some cream-color strippage to it.

Brooke looks behind him and wiggles his tail.

Brooke: "hehe awesome."

Tucker wakes up.

Tucker -> You start to wake. Though, as you start to wake and attempt to get on your feet, you come into this unfamiliar sense of imbalance when you attempt to stand on two feet at first, and flop back over.

Tucker stands back up with a start, very confused. Tucker assumed the fall would wake him from "this dream".

Tucker -> The fall has caused you to obtain a new sensation: sandy dirt getting into your new fur. You can see there is a Tododile nearby and a Riolu that is obviously not asleep and is trying to get back to sleep, as well as a deeply snoozing Munchlax.

Tucker attempts to stand up on two feet.

Tucker: "Ngnh... what's going on?"

Tucker sits on his butt, hazy and dizzy, thinking the situation is a dream.

Tucker -> You realize that you can't remember an awful lot about your life as a human. You remember certain aspects of it: home, the feeling of being in bed, going about daily life, but a lot of key memories are missing. Faces. Names.

Brooke: "Oh a talking puppy?"

Tucker looks at Brooke in a dogish way.

"I'm not a puppy... I don't think?"

Tucker attempts to think.

"Who are you?"

Riley -> The other Pokémon around you have started talking. You know this is unusual. Even for a dream.

Brooke: "You sure look like one.", puts hands on hips.

Riley attempts to block his ears.

Riley -> When you try to cover your ears, you realize you have soft pawpads instead of just regular hands.

"Hmm... This dream is getting weirder and weirder."

Brooke: "I'm Brooke. I'm.. uh...." He stops, "Umm... I don't remember..."

Tucker thinks about the name, unsure. "Well, hi. I'm Tucker and I don't remember much either."

Brooke: "Well whatever, this is awesome!"

The totodile grins, his sharp teeth on full display,

"Can't be that important if we don't remember it."

Tucker looks at his reflection in a nearby puddle.

Tucker -> Another environmental clue is that there is a distant rumble as some dark clouds seem to be passing over this plain, coming nearby. You quite aren't in rain and thunder yet, but you will be soon, which means you'll need to find shelter... or wait it out perhaps in the case of Brooke.

Tucker looks at the rain clouds, worriedly. He is worried about the surrounding environment he is in.

-> The area is very arid for the most part. So, this rain is either seasonal or has been caused by a Pokémon move.

Brooke (standing behind Tucker): "Tolja so."

Tucker: "I guess you did. But maybe we should not stick around here."

Ralph -> There is another rumble. It wakes you.

Ralph: "What?" Ralph (stretching): "Oh man, that was a good nap. That was a good nap."

Riley -> There is even more noise. Ralph: "Is this some kind of joke? Did I party too hard? I can't remember anything."

*>Riley used Rock Throw! DEX+FIGHT
>1,2,2,4 = 1 SUCCESS
>Ralph attempts to dodge! DEX+FIGHT
>5,6 = 2 SUCCESS
>Ralph dodged the attack!*

Surprisingly for a creature so heavy as Munchlax, Ralph is capable of leaning out of the way of the lazily thrown pebble.

Ralph: "Oh hey, what's your problem?"

Ralph hasn't noticed he's a Pokémon yet but has noticed the Riolu that chucked a pebble at him.

Riley waves dismissively. "Go away. Let me sleep."

Ralph: "Aw no. You're gonna apologize to me. Wait. Wait. You talked.

Riley: "Obviously. Leave me alone."

Ralph: "Huh. So are you like uh... I think I met a Meowth like this one time. Anyway... I lost my train of thought."

Riley rolls over, not facing Ralph.

Brooke: "It's gunna rain. That's not a good place to sleep."

Riley ignores the Tododile talking about the rain. Riley mumbles.

Tucker moves close to Brooke and nods meekly in agreement to Brooke.

Ralph: "There some kind of party or maybe I'm just really, really drunk. Eh, either way I'll go along with it. I should go home, but I'm not sure where or what that is."

Ralph -> Dreamlike as this is, your memories of home and of being home are kind of faded. But you remember your name, you remember some of your work and how that work... worked. But aside from that, much of your life is just a haze.

"Maybe I'm finally dead. Maybe i'm just trippin. Who knows?"

Brooke shrugs.

Brooke: "Well see ya, I'm not gunna stand in the rain." Brooke begins to leave.

Brooke apparently did not go to a Pokémon academy and does not realize that they are a water type.

Tucker looks around the area, unnerved. He's not used to standing on four paws yet.

Ralph: "Eh. I'm up for a get-out-of-the-rain party. Let's do it."

### Escaping the rain

Brooke, Tucker, & Ralph - >The three of you can see that there are natural pathways between the grass and rocks, that lead away from this current area. Unfortunately, a few of lead through the zone the storm is passing over. But if you go through it, it probably shouldn't last too long over you.

Ralph: "Don't Poochyena smell good? I mean, not smell good, smell well? I'm not sure if you can smell good but can you sniff out the right path?"

Tucker (looking at Ralph): "I guess I could try."

Tucker lifts his head and tries to smell.

Tucker -> Your sense of smell is more acute than you were human. That much you understand. You smell earth, grass, and the distinct smell of ozone just a few moments before lightning crackles down a few yards away.

Tucker: "Ah!"

Ralph: "Yikes." Brooke yelps and ducks at the flash of light.

Ralph examines himself.

"Huh. Eat your heart out Bill! Why is that funny? I'm sure it's funny."

Tucker falls and scrambles back to all fours. He looks back at the Riolu wondering if they should be leaving him.

Riley -> You are startled a bit by the lightning crack. It's close enough that your ears actually start to ring, sensitive as they are.

Riley: "BAH!"

Riley stands up.

-> Despite your best efforts, you may not think this is a dream.

Riley: "Clearly i've been kidnapped and dumped in a gorge. That's the only logical explanation."

*>STORYTELLER: I wonder what your rationalization for being a Pokémon is.*

Ralph wants to go the opposite direction of the storm. Tucker meekly follows Brooke from behind.

Ralph: "Whelp. Any plan's better than no plan. Onwards!"

-> There is a path that leads away from the storm that you may see.

*>The party (sans Riley) moves down.*

Ralph: "Alright move it or lose it sleeping beauty we're gone!

*>Riley moves right.*

Riley -> As you go off to the path right, you realize that the path is actually blocked off by not only a gravelly ravine, but it looks like the rain has started to form rivers. This one is muddy and impassable, but you can see a path on the other side.

*>Riley attempts to jump the ravine! DEX+SURVIVAL-2
>5 = 1 SUCCESS
>Riley backs up a bit.*

Riley -> You sort of awkwardly start running and make this leap and you manage to make it to the other side, but you collapse to the ground afterward. You're not used to your new center of gravity; let alone the new strength your body affords you.

Riley: "Man, I've been working out. Didn't even know."

Brooke, Tucker, and Ralph -> There's another deep rumble of thunder that comes. There's another pathway off to the left (since you're facing south) and off to the right there's a bit of a short hill but unfortunately, it's slanted in such a way it wouldn't provide you shelter from the rain. You can probably climb the top of it if you wanted. But that would only put you closer to the sky. There's also one of the dry savanna trees on top of it, which, even in your current form your instincts tell you that's not a wise thing to be near during a thunderstorm.

Brook looks behind.

Brooke: "Hey why are ya followin me?"

Ralph: "I'm following you because you're the only one going something to be followed."

Tucker: "Yeah, pretty much."

Ralph: "So keep going so we can keep following you."

Brooke: "Well you guys can go places too. You got two feet... or four..."

Tucker: "I don't know if I want to be alone in this situation."

Brooke: "That riolu's alone and he's doing fine.... probably."

*>The three must make SURVIVAL rolls.
>Brooke: 2, 5 = 1 SUCCESS
>Tucker: 4 = 1 SUCCESS
>Ralph: NO DICE*

Brooke and Tucker -> As you're looking around you briefly notice that there's something shiny up on the hill. So you could go up and get it if you wanted. Unfortunately that requires climing the hill and the storm is creeping closer. Not to mention you haven't seen the Riolu since you parted.

Tucker looks at Brooke.

Tucker: "Should we get that? It could be helpful, maybe.

Ralph: "Get what? Is there food?"

Tucker: "It might be food."

Ralph: "Aww I hope it's food go get it! Fetch! Fetch boy, fetch!"

Tucker: "Ahhhh..."

Brooke" "Go ahead if you wanna, I wanna avoid getting electrocuted."

Tucker: "Yeah that's a good point. It does look a little dangerous to be up high right now."

Brooke -> Well, at the very least, you know something's there. Maybe once the storm passes you can come back for it.

Ralph: "You wimp! I'll get it."

*>Ralph attempts to climb! STR.
> 1, 5 = 1 SUCCESS*

Your Munchlax companion just awkwardly drags himself up the hill.

Ralph: "Heave! Ho! Heave!"

Tucker follows Brooke.

Tucker: "It's okay if I stick with you for now, right?"

Ralph: "It! Might! Be! Food!"

Brooke: "I guess I can't stop you.", continuing and ignoring the munchlax

Somehow by some miracle (because RNG seems to love the munchlax), lightning does not strike the tree by the time the Munchlax gets up there.

Ralph -> It looks like whatever shiny thing it is, is partially buried by the tree's roots. When you uncover it, it appears to be a sphere of some sort.

Ralph: "Oooh, shiny!"

*>Ralph used Lick!*

-> You lick it, and it starts to glow.

*>Roll one die.
>4*

Ralph -> After you lick it, it glows, and then there's a breaking noise as it suddenly vanishes from your hands and then the clouds turn darker, and the weather turns colder.

"Uh oh"

*>It's begun to hail!*
>STORYTELLER: Hail damage will not apply. It is session 1. It is normally arid in this area.

Ralph turns to Brooke and Tucker.

Ralph: "I licked the jawbreaker in one lick and now it's snowing! It was a jawbreaker I licked it in one lick!"

Ralph slides down the hill and runs to Brooke and Tucker. Ralph pants. Brooke rolls his eyes.

"You've got no survival instinct at all do ya?"

Ralph: "My worst nightmare! Instead of eating snow cones, snow cones are eating me!"

*>Brooke, Tucker, and Ralph move right.*

Brooke, Tucker, and Ralph -> As you guys make your way down the path, some of the water from the fain is pooled into the goopy, muddy pool that is blocking off your path somewhat. And now with the shifting cold, it has started to freeze over at weird angles, making it very difficult to pass to the other pathways.

Riley -> As you were looking at the paths and deciding your next action, the weather changed and became colder.

### A minor inconvenience

*>Riley moves right.*

Riley -> Unfortunately, your path rightward continues to be blockaded. This time by a pit. Yes, there is land on the other side, but it looks like just a series of rocky ridges. This isn't a natural forming concave series of caves. This had to be made by something or someone. Falling into the pit would certainly not be a... pleasant situation.

*>Riley attempts to jump the pit! DEX+SURVIVAL-2
>1 = 0; FAIL*

Riley -> Unfortunately, because the weather has turned into a very sudden chill, some of the rainwater on the ground has turned to ice and you slip just before you intend to jump, and you fall on your back and nearly slide into the pit. You manage to hang on by virtue of somehow miraculous luck.

Ralph, Brooke, and Tucker look at the semi-frozen pool.

Ralph: "I bet I could smash through it! Yeah!"

Brooke, Tucker, and Ralph -> Another thing for those of you a bit more expecting of yourselves as Pokemon is, you can try to use a move. It occurs to you that being in Pokémon bodies, it follows you should have moves.

Brooke considers taking a swim.

Ralph: "I bet I could do that thing that like, the Clefairy does where I wave my arms and a random attack comes [out]... You know, normally I'd be freezing but I'm not. I like that."

Tucker watches Brooke and Ralph attempting to wade the pool. He still doesn't understand why the weather changed. Tucker dips his paws in and attempts to wade through the pool. Brooke goes straight across.

Ralph: "There better be someplace warm and dry at the end of it."

*>Brooke, Tucker, and Ralph move right.*

Riley manages to drag himself back up. Riley backs up as far as he can go for a run-up and tries jumping the pit again.

*>Riley attempts to jump the pit! DEX+SURVIVAL
>1, 2, 6 = 1 SUCCESS*

Riley -> As you're running up you feel this rush of adrenaline going through your system as you speed up even faster than you thought possible. And you leap across. In fact, you go so far that you nearly skid across to the other side.

Riley: "Wergh! That's exciting. I should do cardio more often."

-> There is a slightly divited path to the south, but that would require another jump.

*>Riley hops the pit, no problem.
>Riley moves down.*

-> Your legs kind of burn a bit considering you just exerted yourself.

Riley sits down.

### Meat

Riley -> As you make it across, you see that the other three Pokémon that you woke up near have just trudged across muddy water and are finally making it to this dryer zone. Albeit, it's still snowing and hailing for some god-forsaken reason. Arceus profound.

Brooke: "See! He was fine! you don't have to follow me around"

Tucker: "Uhh... I guess you're right. Sorta?"

Ralph: "I wouldn't say fine. More like average."

Brooke: "Hey Riolu! You better not follow me too!"

Interestingly enough there is some food, a meat hunk just lying around in the middle of this area.

Riley moves to grab the meat. Ralph moves to grab the meat.

*>Resist Lure. LOGIC or WILL
>Riley, logic: 4 = 1 SUCCESS
>Ralph, logic: 2, 4 = 1 SUCCESS*

Riley and Ralph -> Both of you crash headlong into each other. Thankfully it was not an actual attack or Pokémon move so you're not really hurt. It just smarts a bit.

Ralph -> On closer inspection you realize the meat is off-color. It's sorta purple-ish.

Riley -> Your nose picks up an acrid scent coming from the meat.

Riley and Ralph -> You both realize that this is obviously poisoned.

*>Riley picks up Poisioned Meat.*
*>Poisoned Meat was moved to Held Item.*

Riley sticks his tongue out at Ralph.

Brooke: "You guys are weird."

Ralph: "Oi, I'll sit on you, you little twig!"

Tucker looks at the two at them incredulously, sniffing the bad meat.

*>Riley uses Strike! DEX+FIGHT+BRAWL
>1,4,4,6 = 3 SUCCESSES
>Ralph dodges! DEX+FIGHT
>Ralph is out of dice!
>Riley STR+1-1(Ralph's VIT): 3,4
>Ralph takes 1 point of damage.*

Brooke: "Well you guys have fun in the snow, I'm gunna keep lookin for a cave or somethin."

>Brooke heads southeast.

Brooke -> To the southeast, it looks like a steep drop. It looks like a ravine of some sort. You could possibly be safe down there but that requires climbing down. Unfortunately there doesn't look to be any handholds.

### A two-sided battle

*>DOOM: 6
>Rare encounter.*

Brooke -> A pair of Salandits climb out of the ravine as you start poking your nose into it. They seem to have something shiny in their bandit bags. They squeak when they see you. They immediately initiate combat.

*>Roll initiative. DEX+SURVIVAL+ALERT*

1. Salandit 2
2. Tucker
3. Brooke
4. Salandit 1
5. Ralph
6. Riley

*>Salandit 2 used Poison Gas!
>3 = 0; FAIL
>But it failed!*

Ralph: "Oh that's one hell of a belch!"

Riley: "Ew."

Unfortunately, because of the wind and inclement weather, the cloud almost immediately gets blown away, much to its chagrin and surprise.

Ralph: "It's a good thing I ate that magical Jolly Rancher now!"

Brooke: "Oh! You wanna fight huh?", grinning

Tucker notices both Salandits are near the edge of the ravine.

*>Tucker uses Knockdown! STR+FIGHT+BRAWL
>3, 5, 6 = 2 SUCCESSES
>Tucker STR+0-1(Salandit 2's VIT): 2*

Rushing forward, Tucker does a quadripedal shoulder check against the Salandit, and with a squeak he tumbles over the edge, surprised by the force of the attack.

*>Salandit 2 is rung out.*

Tucker: "Serves you right."

Brooke: "Woah! Awesome! You're cooler that I thought, Tuck!"

The other Salandit looks over in suprise.

Salandit 1: "Uh. We didn't think tough ones over here. Mistress won't be pleased..."

Ralph: "Does Mistress have food?" Tucker smiles at Brooke's compliment. Brooke: "That's right we're super tough! Better back off!"

*>Brooke uses Water Gun! SPE+FIGHT+CHANNEL
>4, 4 = 2 SUCCESSES
>Salandit 1 dodges! >1, 6 = 1 SUCCESS; FAIL
>Brooke SPE+2+S.E.+STAB: 2, 2, 3, 4, 6
(ERROR: Super effective is 1 extra damage, not 1 die.)
>It's super effective!
>Salandit 1 takes 2 points of damage.*

As if on pure instinct, you feel this bubbling urge in your gullet and you feel the need to sort of wretch, almost, but it's not the same. And you unhinge your jaws and a blast of water comes out as you fire a water gun and coat the Salandit in water. He cries out in pain and stumbles a bit after trying to evade your attack, skidding closer to the edge, not quite falling off. Being a fire type, he is severely injured.

Salandit 1: "Ah! Nononono!"

Brooke grins, flashing his teeth.

Brooke: "Gunna do somethin about it?"

Salandit 1: "No, no. Screw that guy I need to get back! I need to warn the Mistress!"

*>Salandit 1 runs northwest.*
Ralph -> You see this Salandit come between you and Riley and he looks so skittish and he has a bag that has shinnies in it.

Brooke: "Hey! Get that guy! He's got treasure!"

*>Ralph used Grapple! STR+FIGHT
>2, 6, 6 = 2 SUCCESSES
>Salandit 1 became immobilized!*

Salandit 1 makes various sqeaky toy noises.

"Please please please they're going to eat me!"

Ralph: "Hey that's not a bad idea."

Salandit 1's eyes bug out.

Salandit 1: "Nooo..."

Ralph licks his lips menacingly.

*>Riley attempts to pickpocket!
>3, 6 = 1 SUCCESS
>Riley drops the Poisoned Meat.*

Riley -> You move closer to Ralph, but in order to do this, you have to have to drop the poison meat, which in retrospect isn't as appealing as potential treasures.

*>Salandit 1 tries to resist.
>2; FAIL
>Got Salandit 1's bag!
>Riley equips the Tattered Bag.

>Treasure role.
>Riley: 2+4=6*

Riley -> It looks like there's a packet of powder inside. It's really foul smelling, but it tied with this shiny string that is keeping it fresh.

*>Riley picked up the Posioned Meat and put it into the Tattered Bag.*

*>Riley picked up 3 Poke.*

Tucker -> As you manage to catch up to the Salandit alongside Brooke, you see, essentially, Riley mugging the poor thing.

Tucker: "I guess they deserve that."

*>Tucker holds an action.*

Brooke -> You've caught up with the other Salandit. Riley seems to be mugging the thing and the Munchlax is looking at it hungrily, holding onto it like he might a piece of meat.

Brooke: "So, who are you guys? Who's the Mistress? You in a gamg?"

Salandit 1 squirms to glare at the Tododile.

Salandit 1: "Th-that's right! We're the Salandit Bandits and Mistress Salazzle will put you in a world of hurt if you don't let me go!"

*>Brooke used Leer! TOUGH+CONTEST
>2, 6 = 1 SUCCESS
>Salandit 1's defense lowered!*

Salandit 1 is cowed.

Salandit 1: "Don't hurt me... You already have our treasure. Mistress Salazzle is gonna punish me when I get home... don't eat me"

Ralph: "I'll think about it."

Salandit 1: "Please?"

*>Salandit 1 used Poison Gas!
>6 = 1 SUCCESS*

He just blows a poision gas cloud at the ground as he squirms out of Ralph's grip, slippery from both sweating and the mud and water on the ground. Salandit 1 uses the gas as cover to run away.

Ralph: "Hey! My lunch is getting away!"

*>Brooke has no actions remaining.
>Brooke was poisoned!
>Tucker attempts to dodge!
>1, 3, 6 = 2 SUCCESSES
>Tucker dodged the attack!
>Ralph attepts to dodge!
>2, 6 = 1 SUCCESS
>Tucker dodged the attack!
Riley used Grapple!
>4, 4, 4, 5
>Salandit 1 became immobilized!
>Riley was poisoned!*

Unfortunately for the Salandit, he didn't realize the Riolu would do this at the cost of his own health. So he's pinned to ground by an angry pounching Riolu.

Riley: "I wouldn't move again if I were you."

*>Riley is hurt by poison!
>Riley takes 1 point of damage.*

Brooke: "Ugh.. you stupid lizard. The storm is gettin worse so, where's the nearest shelter, already?", demanding. "Or I'm gunna feed you to my munchlax."

Salandit 1 groans.

Salandit 1: "Savan Town is to the south... it's not that far..."

Ralph: "Your Munchlax? Suddenly I'm your Munchlax?"

Salandit 1: "Wait you guys aren't from around here. Ohh Mistress is gonna hear about this..."

Riley: "You better not tell anyone we were here buddy or you'll regret it."

Brooke: "Okay thanks!" Brooke says with a smile, "Do what you want, I'm gunna go find that town."

*>The exit has been revealed!*

Tucker appoaches heastantly.

Tucker: "Guys I think that's enough. Let's let him go."

Tucker pats Riley's shoulder.

Riley: "You heard what he said. He was going to go inform the Mistress, we can't have that."

Ralph: "I wonder what he tastes like."

Salandit 1 whimpers.

Salandit 1: "I'm not food!"

Ralph: "Anything's food if you're brave enough."

Salandit 1 starts to cry.

Salandit 1: "This is the worst day of my life!"

Riley: "We can keep him as a pet."

*>STORYTELLER->Players: Reminder: You now are all Pokémon. That is the mindset of a human.*

Tucker: "Well I don't really care... Well, I don't really know who this Mistress is, but I'm more interested in going to town as soon as I can."

Riley: "Well Mistress might be IN town, then we'll be in trouble.

*>Ralph used Lick!
>Ralph STR+1+1(Salandit VIT -1): 5, 5, 5
>Salandit 1 has fainted.*

Ralph -> You do the lick, and he doesn't get to the point of the paralysis hitting his system. Salandit 1's eyes roll up and he faints.

*>Battle resolved. Brooke, Riley, Tucker and Ralph have won.*

Ralph: "Not bad. We can probably find better food in town."

Tucker: "Well he's not really a threat now. Um. If we don't want him mentioning things to the Mistress, he doesn't seem very nice. Maybe we should just take him to the town with us? Maybe they don't like him either."

Riley agrees with this and starts dragging the fainted Salandit by the tail.

*>Brooke is hurt by poison!
>Brooke takes 1 point of damage.*

### Savan Town

The party heads for the town.

*>The hail subsides. It has begun to rain and thunderstorm again.*

Tucker smells the foul smell in Riley's bag.

*>Tucker -> Roll logic
>4*

Tucker -> You know that it smells like one of the herbal remedies used to cure some of the status ailments that Pokémon have. Pokémon don't like it of course because it tastes like crap, but it'll do.

As Tucker walks towards the town with the group, Tucker speaks.

Tucker: "I think one of you have something that can help with that poison."

Riley: "Not me."

Tucker -> You can tell Riley has it. The smell is emanating from his person.

Tucker: "No I'm pretty sure. Can I see your bag for a second?

Riley: "NO!" Tucker: "Ahhh..."

*>Riley is hurt by poison!
>Riley takes 1 point of damage.*

Tucker: "Alright then."

Brooke has alredy started to enter town and just as Brooke crosses the entry line, there's this high-pitched shrieking noise and this purple-ish bat, flying this way and that.

Noibat: "Intruders! Intruders! Intruders!"

Riley ignores the Noibat and continues walking.

Brooke: "Hey pipe down!"

Brooke snaps towards the Noibat. The Noibat flutters out of the way.

Noibat: "I know what you are! You're wild Pokemon! You're bandits! You're savages! You're with those Salandit Bandits aren't you! I'm gonna get the leaderrr!"

Noibat flies off down the main street into a large sorta taverny-shaped building and just zooms into it.

Riley: "Well that guy talks a lot." Brooke scratches his nose. "Well, whatever."

Party -> You see in the various buildings down the main street there are Pokemon of various kinds that are sort of peering out through their windows, huddled away from the rain and storm. Not to mention the shrieking watchman's cry of intruders.

Ralph looks for restaurants.

Ralph -> You can't really tell since the architecture isn't distinctly anything that you really recognize. It's vaguely architecture that you're familiar with, but none that clearly scream restaurant. There is a nice smell wafting from the area the bat ran into.

Brooke: "How weird. I thought this might be a town full of people, but it's full of Pokémon."

*>Party enters Unnamed Tavern Building.*

Party -> As you enter the sort of tavern looking area, indeed the first floor looks like a wild west era-style saloon. There's this big, gruff looking Pangoro standing there, and he just has one hand gently over the face of this Noibat, muffling spastic jittering and just gibberish about intruders and how they're here to steal the town's resources and just going on and on and on and on and very obviously this Pangoro is getting really annoyed by it.

Ralph: "Oi barkeep, one poundcake or whatever... Riolu! Pay the man!"

Riley: "No! Pay yourself."

*>Brooke is hurt by poison!
>Brooke takes 1 point of damage.
>Riley is hurt by poison!
>Riley takes 1 point of damage.*

Brooke and Riley -> You guys are looking really worse for wear.

Riley holds up the fainted Salandit.

Riley: "Can I trade this for some sort of cure for poison?"

Ralph: "Nah don't cure him, when he faints I'll give ya both for food."

Tucker: "You're holding something that can help that."

Riley: "Yeah. This lizard. I'm gonna trade this lizard for a cure for poison."

Ralph: "Now wait a minute. Let him [succumb] to poison. I'll trade the both of them for some food!"

Pangoro: "QUIET!"

The Pangoro roars and the Noibat squeaks and goes limp in his grip.

Ralph: "Aye, yes sir."

Brooke just kind of stands awkwardly, looking sick. A Liepard slowly, almost like puple liquid, leans backward over the bartender counter and meows.

Liepard: "Uhh, why are you being so noisy?

Pangoro: "All right. Now that I can actually think, Noibat you need to calm down. They're not obviously hostile."

Pangoro glares at the Riolu.

"Yet."

Noibat: "I'm sorry, Chief."

Pangoro: "Go back to watchman duties."

Party -> He lets the Noibat go. The Noibat looks at all of you, squints, lets out a kyroptorid squeak and flutters out. Folding his arms indignently, Pangoro motions one of the nearby tables.

Pangoro: "All right. At the least I suppose I can be hospitable. I don't recognize any of you. At all."

He stomps over and grabs another table, because he's large enough, and uses that stump table as a seat.

Ralph: "All right. Tables mean food. Load it up."

Ralph sits down. Riley sits down and hucks the Salandit on top of the table. Tucker looks akwardly at the sick party members and tries to sit down. He falls off. He sits next to the table instead. Pangoro looks at the Salandit that has been hucked onto the table.

Pangoro: "Well, I suppose you can't be entirely all bad if you aren't friends with the Salandit Bandits."

Ralph: "They taste, eh, so-so."

Party -> He seems to be ignoring the Munchlax's food-related commentary. The Liepard saunters around and with his tail, slides several small plates full of piping hot food in front of the four of you.

Riley: "Ah yes."

Ralph: "Aren't you gonna get some for everyone else too?"

Ralph laughs. Brooke will take a seat and flops his head on the table.

"I don't feel so good..." Brooke looks at the food with nauseus disgust

Liepard: "I have just the thing for you little crocodile."

He saunters by and gives a very friendly pat to Brooke's head before shooting the Munchlax a look.

"Everyone gets the same portions around here. Don't take my hospitality for granted, now."

Ralph: "What? That- That- That was barely an appetizer!"

Ralph has already eaten his food.

Riley: "Oi. Stop complaining, it was free. If you don't like it, go sit out in the rain."

Ralph: "Gimmie yours!"

Riley: "No!"

Ralph: "I'll sit on you!"

Riley: "You attempt it I'll throw you out the window."

Tucker examines the food on the table.

Tucker -> It's sort of this general, creamy stew that looks like it has clumps of potato and bits of meat in it. It smells really nice and its warm and you've been out in cold weather, and it looks really appetizing around now except for poor Brooke.

The Liepard comes back with a bag much nicer than the remnants of one the Riolu is sporting, and he pulls out a Pecha berry and lays it in front of the Tododile.

Riley: "Oh, can I get one of those? I feel like I'm literally about to die." Snipping at the Riolu, the feline turns up his nose. Liepard: "Hmm... I don't know. Can you say please?" Riley: "Yes I am capable."

There is an awkward silence for a minute.

Pangoro: "Well he's not going to help you if you don't say it.

Riley: "Say what? It?"

Ralph: "Do we get stuff for saying please?"

Brooke grimaces, but pops the berry in his mouth.

*>Brooke eats the Pecha Berry.
>Brooke is cured of poison.*

Ralph: "Ms. Liepard, may I *please* have another stew?"

He seems taken aback for a minute and puts a paw on his chest and smiles at the Munchlax.

Liepard: "Oh. One of you does know how to flatter. Maybe I will."

The liepard turns back to go behind the bar, leaving the Riolu without a pecha berry.

Riley: "Alright fine. Can I please have one of those berries?"

Tucker is glad the Tododile and Riolu are both recieving treatment. He laps at the soup, embarressed, blushing, that he has to do a dogish action. The Pangoro sighs and leans with one elbow on the table.

Pangoro: "Raize, are you done pampering the guests?"

Raize: "Almost."

Riley: "I'm still poisoned!"

Pangoro: "Raize, are you done torturing the guests?

Raize: "Almost."

Ralph: "I'm fine with being pampered. This is good. I roll pretty good deal here."

He returns with another plate of stew for the Munchlax and leaves a slightly overripe pecha berry for Riolu.

Ralph: "Alright. This is service."

Riley: "Oh great. Fantastic."

Riley scarfs down the Pecha berry.

*>Riley eats the Pecha Berry.
>Riley is cured of poison.*

Pangoro: "Alright. As I was saying before Raize decided to interupt us. You don't seem to be friends with the Salandit Bandit gang. But I don't recognize any of you. So why are you here in Savan town? Because I can hardly believe that any of you are natives to the region."

Ralph: "I dunno why they came, I came to this for some food."

Riley: "I dunno where we are. I think I've been kidnapped."

Tucker: "I don't know anyone either and I don't know where this is or really remember much of anything."

Riley: "I mean I'm sure I got kidnapped and thrown in a ditch."

Brooke slowly smiles as he feels better and begins to eagerly chow down on the stew, with even less decorm than Tucker.

Ralph: "Y'know, oddly enough I uh, all joking aside actually don't clearly remember why I... And there is something else, but it's crazy. So."

Riley: "Coming from you, I would disagree from par to the course."

Pangoro snorts.

Pangoro: "Well, fine. There's a lot of crazy to be seen out here on the Plains Continent."

Ralph: "Alright well. I'm fairly certain that yesterday I was a human scientist with like a white robe and everything. In fact, I'm almost sure I was. And that's crazy cuz I'm a Munchlax. Am I? I dunno."

Pangoro: "Well you certainly look like a Munchlax to me. These dreams you seem to be having, maybe Kommo-o would be of use figuring it out."

Ralph: "Yeah I remember-"

Pangoro: "... fools like you four just wandering around into places like that. It's dangerous out in the Plains Continent. And I wouldn't have you disturbing such a revered individual. On my watch."

Brooke: "We just wanted to get away from the rain and thunder.", burping a bit.

Party -> He just seems to glour at the four of you for a while.

Riley eats the stew. He sets the bowl on top of the fainted Salandit's head.

Pangoro: "So are any of you associated with a guild yet? Did you live somewhere around here, maybe? Or did you come from another continent?"

Riley: "No no and probably no? Iffy on the third one there, but probably no. Seems to desert-y for my tastses."

Pangoro's scour deepens, and he looks down at the unconscious Salandit before grabbing it by the neck and holding it out.

Pangoro: "Raize, take care of the trash, would you?"

Raize sighs.

Ralph: "I'm pretty sure I was part of a worker's union or something but uh... I'm gonna say no."

The Liepard takes the Salandit away.

Pangoro: "Final question. Do you ever see yourselves lying with the nefarious sort like the Salandit over there?"

Riley: "I mean, they poisoned me. So no, they seem like pricks."

Pangoro: "Keh."

Tucker: "No, I don't think I would do anything bad like them."

Pangoro's eyes squint open slightly.

Pangoro: "Hmm... Do you have a place to stay?"

Raize: "No, no no and no.", calling from the other room

Ralph: "I don't know about a place to stay, but the service is top-notch here. I think I can stay."

The Liepard is suddenly back behind the Munchlax and purring, rubbing up against him for a bit.

Raize: "Ooo, I like this one. Can we keep this one?"

Ralph: "Oh, now I like you because you brought me food."

Riley: "He'll eat you out of house and home. You don't want him."

Raize: "But he's so easy to please!"

Tucker puts on puppy-dog eyes and turns towards Raize.

Tucker: "I would like to stay too. I don't.. really like.. being out in the wild n... by myself."
Raize: "Aww."

The Liepard santers over in a usual swaying gate and almost semi-curls around Tucker, sliding his sickle-shaped tail around to stroke over Tucker's cheek.

Raize: "I can't say no to such a sweet face, now can I?"

Tucker: "Woof."

Pangoro: "Raize, why do you even bother interecting if you're going to accept anyway?"

Raize: "Because it causes you some modicum of distress."

Brooke: "I just wanna get out of the rain. I can prolly take care of myself."

Ralph: "Yo poochie, you gonna finish your soup?"

Tucker: "Uhh... yeah?"

Ralph: "Mmmmm okay."

Tucker licks the bowl cautiously. Riley puts his empty bowl on Ralph's head.

Riley: "Yep. You now have a bowl on your head. Congratulations."

Tucker: "And by the way, my name's Tucker, actually. I guess pooch is appropriate though."

Raize: "Hmm."

Ralph: "Nya! Tucker. Ralph!"

Raize: "They have names, Pangoro."

Ralph: "Ralph Wilson! Devourer of soup!"

Riley: "You're not having that subheading You're.. no."

Ralph: "I certainly am it! Or do I need a third bowl of soup to earn devourer of soup?"

Brooke: "Brrh-ooke.", burping

Riley: "You have a third bowl of soup on top of your head."

Ralph: "Yeah but that don't count cause it was empty."

Riley: "Oh well I guess you're out of luck."

Tucker blushes at Brooke's burping.

Pangoro coughs.

"As much as I am a babysitter for most of our members here at the Pioneering Club, well, if you're going to stay here, even if you don't manage to join the Pioneering Club, for a short while at least Raize should be able to give some form of roof over your heads. Right Raize?"

Raize rolls his eyes. "It's not like I have one noisy nuisance to deal with."

Pangoro: "A noisy nuisance you choose to deal with."

Raize: "I have choice words, but I can't say them in front of children."

Riley: "Oi."

Ralph: "I'm pretty sure I'm not a child. I like have a job and stuff but it's hazy. I think I had a job."

Riley: "Well I'm 17 years old!"

Tucker sits up politely.

Tucker: "Thank you."

Pangoro: "Hmph. Well at least one of you happens to have some manners. Well I suppose for now at least until the rain stops and the night is over, I'll have Raize take you to his home. In the morning, we can discuss how to move forward. New arrivals are fairly rare here on the Plains Continent. If you aren't here to help with the colonization, then you need to find something to do that will help Savan Town."

Tucker: "Colonization?"

Riley: "Yeah that sounds like a lot of work."

Pangoro: " You're very obviously not from around here or any of the other main continent cities."

He thumbs over his chin, playing with his bamboo stalk.

"The Plains Continent is a mostly untamed place. There are few colonized areas. Savan Town here, and there's a town by the seaside. But other than that, its only other tribal Pokemon towns and whatever ruins lay from the ancient era. We're here to take advantage of the resources and well, our initial mission is to cultivate food for the other continents. It's why we're so protective of our town. Savan Town plays host to the main orchard where we get most of our apples."

He sighs. "Well, this is a discussion for tomorrow. It's too late for me to be dealing with this explanatory headache. Let alone the feline one standing behind you all."

Raize does his best attempt to look really innocent.

Ralph: "Daww. But he's so cute."

Raize: "Aww." Ralph: "Yeah."

Raize: "Well I suppose I can lead you out to my house."

Riley: "He's trying to get a third bowl of soup."

Ralph: "Aw what? Me trying to flirt another bowl of soup out of him?"

Pangoro: "Raize, I do not give you permission to give this Munchlax more than double rations at any time. Pioneering member or not."

Ralph: "Y'know... (gibberish)"

Ralph -> The Liepard leans in just enough so that his soft fur cheek can rub against your own as he whispers.

Raize -> Ralph: "But I'll know. I know lots of naughty things Mr. Munchlax."

Ralph: "You're the most fun per- uh, You're the most fun per- Pokémon I've run into."

Even Raize is snickering at that terrible joke.

Tucker: "Don't you mean purrrson?"

Riley throws a bowl at Tucker. Pangoro just sorta reaches over and with a thumb and index finger, hangs onto the bowl with little effort.

Pangoro: "I believe I mentioned resources are scarce on this continent. I don't want to have to get another import of plates just because of some... saloon brawl."

Raize: "I tell you that was entirely not my fault, and I certainly didn't instigate the drinking contest."

Ralph: "Booze? Drinking content as in booze, beer, cider, ale?"

Pangoro: "You'll find out if you become part of the Pioneering Club."

Ralph: "Alright, sign me up!" Riley: "Well, he's an easy sell."

Pangoro: "This isn't something you should be taking lightly, little Munchlax. You'll get your chance to make your case tomorrow."

Ralph: "Well I'm good at not being light."

Pangoro: "Don't tempt the Riolu to hit you with a plate."

Riley: "Oh, can I please hit him with a plate?"

Pangoro: "No."

Riley: "Oh."

Pangoro: "Tempting, but I'm still not going to let you."

Ralph: "I mean, I'll be okay if it was filled with more food."

Riley: "Can I hit him now?"

Pangoro: "... this bottomless stomach that walked into my hands..."

Pangoro gets up and gathers the plates, before Raize starts cleaning things at the table.

Pangoro: "Look, just try and get along with our group scout. I know they're noisy, but unfortunately you'll be sharing some room with them. At least until tomorrow."

Raize: "Maybe longer. Depends on how many rooms we have left."

Brooke: "Can we go to bed? It's been a real weird day."

Ralph: "Alright so let's follow the absolutely cute Liepard to his humble home." Riley: "Stop flirting." Tucker rolls his eyes. Riley: "Stop flirting."

Pangoro puts a hand on his head and shakes it as he heads up some stairs near the back.

Pangoro: "Just make sure you come by tomorrow. I don't care if you decide to join the town, but as long as you don't cause trouble like those Salandits, well, we can probably work something out."

Tucker: "Yes sir."

Riley: "Do I get bonus points for having brought you one?"

Pangoro: "Maybe."

*>Pangoro leaves the room.*

Ralph: "Raize here looks like she works something out every day."

Riley: "What's that supposed to mean?"

*>Party and Raize leave the Pioneering Clubhouse.
>Brooke, Ralph, and Riley restore 1 HP.*

### A place to rest

Party -> You have a brief stince in the pouring rain which has gotten much worse. So, whatever Pokémon had started it, nature is taking its course, and its just this nasty downpour. Thankfully the lightning has stopped for now. It almost seems like Raize is completely not wet as soon as you arrive at his home which surprisingly (for the PMD series anyway) not shaped like a Liepard head. It's shaped like a regular cylindrical building and when you enter it looks like there's gonna be three floors. A stair spiraling down as well as some log stairs that are implanted into the wall that spiral up to a loft of some sort.

*>Party and Raize enter Raize's house.*

Riley: "Ooo I call dibsies on the loft."

Raize: "Welcome to my humble home." Ralph: "It's lovely."

Raize: "Yes I know. A decent amount of effort was put into all these homes. We would like some semblance of comfort if we're going to be out in this harsh environment. I do apologize for the chief's... scruffy nature. But that's just how he is. I don't think anybody would change it for the world, it's gotten us out of a few scrapes."

He swishes his tail and moves off to the side of a wood stove. Except there's a glowing reddish rock in it that makes a nice warming heat.

"You're free to take a room downstairs or up."

Raize: "Any questions before bed?"

Ralph: "I have one question: Can I sleep with you? You can use my belly as a pillow~"

*>Riley used Strike!
>1, 1, 4, 6 = 1 SUCCESS >Ralph attempts to dodge!
>4, 6 = 2 SUCCESSES
>Ralph dodged the attack!*

The Riolu makes this swiping hit against the Munchlax, which beyond all reason hear the whistling of the wind from the Riolu's punch and ducks his head just in time.

Raize: "I'm flattered really, Ralph. But unfortunately, I don't put up for just anyone, and we just met. And though you have flattered my appearance and my cooking, I'm afraid you haven't made it to that level yet."

Ralph: "Ohh. Don't wait up I guess."

Raize: "Are there any other questions before you go to bed?"

Ralph looks dejected.

*>Riley used Strike!
>3 SUCCESSES
>Ralph attempts to dodge!
>FAIL
>Riley STR: 1 SUCCESS
>Ralph takes 1 damage.*

Brooke yawns widely.

Brooke: "Nope, I wanna go to bed. Mostly so I can stop dealing with this sorta thing."

Riley goes upstairs.

Raize: "Well, alright. Have a good rest, all. But I should warn you, the Noibat roosts up there."

Riley turns around and goes downstairs. Tucker goes upstairs. Ralph crashes where he stands.

Raize sinks his tail into the shadows, wraps around the Munchlax, and drags the Munchlax through the floor. Ralph thumps on one of the nests downstairs. Brooke goes downstairs.

*>Unfortunate victim roll.
>Charem: 6
>Ralph falls into an empty bed.*

Tucker -> You're the only one that went upstairs. It's very obvious that when the Noibat comes in, there's all these squeaking noises. You can vaugely hear that Raize is repremanding Noibat for being noisy in a sort of playful manner. You sorta get the feeling that Raize doesn't actually mind how noisy Noibat is. Eventually, the Noibat comes up and he squeaks out,

Noibat: "Hey"

And then he covers his mouth with his wings and starts hippidy hopping his way over to his little roosting nest. He swings upside down and quiets down.

## Results and Totals

Session EXP: 4

Misplays: 1
Game crashes: 1 (Kyrio)
Kyrio blinds himself: 9
Riley assaults Ralph: 2 (1 attempted)