Welcome to the Cali Rex Game Corners Pokémon D&D campaign
featuring Cindy, a hot headed teen with a penchant for arson,
Gimli, an admirable father seeking to reunite his family,
Elodie, a fun loving Baker with a whimsical heart, and Schmidt,
a courageous young man searching for his purpose with a duck.
Together they make the Quacko Packo and this is Dunsparse and
Grandpa. The last time we were with the
Paco, they spent the majority of their day relaxing and
celebrating. Following a difficult series of
gym challenges, Gimli built an impressive sandcastle on the
beach with the help of his powerful rock types.
The gang caught up with Archie and Maxi at Mr. Mimosa's while
Gimli chatted up former Hoenn Champion Stephen Stone about
rocks and Schmidt destroyed a young couples blossoming love.
Later, the Paco visited the Right of Learning where Doctor
Claude Magnolia assisted in triggering some of the Pacos
Pokemons evolutions in exchange for the harvesting of their
Infinity energy they emit while evolving.
As an extra reward, the Doctor gave each of the Paco a rare
ability patch that can be used to unlock previously hidden
powers within most Pokémon. It is now early evening about
6:00 PM in central Moss Deep City.
The air is getting chilly and many folks, a combination of
what seems to be residents and tourists, are milling about,
attending various festivities and simply enjoying the island
evening. Does the Paco have any
particular plans tonight? How many nights did we book at
our hotel? You know, I don't think there
was a prepaid kind of like, well, maybe there was.
Either way, you arrived on. Friday night what was it?
Half off coupon. Right.
Yeah, you can always extend it. But you arrived on a Friday
night and you booked at least through Sunday morning because
you're supposed to be here for Sunday, today, Saturday.
So at least through tomorrow. But you could extend it.
OK. Does the Paco, you know, I want
someone to roll an insight, Sydney.
Roll an insight, please. Insight.
That's I don't think my insights.
Oh wait, what is insight based on?
Intelligence. Wisdom.
That's based on wisdom that is a plus one.
That's 9. OK, that's something the vibes,
you know, the Packer has been just like going and going and
going and going for just weeks. And it's hard to come by any
particular like really true downtime.
And that is more or less what this feels like right now.
So if there's anything you wanted to cross off your bucket
list at Moss Deep City, if you don't even know what's around
and you want to take a look, you guys can make those kinds of
rolls. Yeah, that's what I'm, I'm
mostly interested in. Yeah, is.
There a bowling alley. Very interesting.
I will have. I just made Cindy roll.
I'll have Gimli make a roll, and I'll have Schmidt make a roll.
Please. Alley 2.
Everyone besides Cindy. Just straight D20.
We're going to generate some content here. 17.
Natural one baby. Natural 116 OK, a few things are
noticed. The first thing that's noticed
is that a large cruise liner has actually just recently pulled in
to a dock. It's funny because the dock at
Mos Deep City just feels like it is way too small for this cruise
ship and a bunch of people are let out streaming out to just
people in Pokémon. And it seems like if the ship
empties, Mos Deep is going to be like full.
A whole variety of folks come pouring out, and based on
Ghinley's role, a family, a mother, a father and a small
child walk past. And the small child who's
actually not that small, they're probably like 8 or so, they look
at the group and with a look of recognition and they walk over
and they stand right near the lot of you, the four of you, and
look at each one of you in the eyes and say hello.
Hi. My dad, my daddy says that you
guys are the reason our house was destroyed.
Oh, so Dewford's population is located to most deep.
They still needed water. That's on the other side of the
fucking country it. Seems really far.
Can we just clarify what you're talking about, because maybe we
aren't the people that you're thinking of.
So I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm from Dewford.
All right, OK. Yeah, All right.
Yep. All right.
Yeah.
OK. From Dewford, you say?
I don't think we've ever been to.
Dewford. I hear it's lovely this time of
year. Oh that's a funny thing to say
because is this you? They pull a Rochon phone out of
their pocket with a Joel TikTok pulled up and it shows Sydney
and Ellaby on it. Oh, we're Joel Davis.
That is. Uncanny.
We look just like them. That's crazy.
Schmidt, make an investigation, please.
I say we run investigation I'm proficient in.
For some reason I feel like I never use that.
That makes it a dirty 21. That's very high, this Joel
TikTok video, 8 million views. No more deflecting the
allegations that it was literally your fault.
Can I make a history check on the current population of Hoenn
just for fun? Go for it.
Give me it's DC12DC-12. OK, I got a 15 on the die and
I'm proficient. OK, Hoenn is compared to your
home country of Joto, which is a very like as far as the Pokémon
world, older civilization from Johto for sure.
More established, more tradition.
Hoen's a bit of a newer country. I mean, if you're, you know,
classic imperialism, if you discount the indigenous folks
who we did our one shot on and that you've been learning about,
who've been there for a very long time.
Modern people have inhabited Hoenn for like 500 years.
Not super long, and thus the population is a lot newer and
there's a lot more of them. More modern sensibilities.
All of this to say, the population of Hoen is like 10
million. OK, so most of Hoen has probably
seen. It's very likely, yeah, Yeah.
I mean, yeah, Dual TikTok is an international platform.
So whether they're all from Hoen or they're from other regions,
it's just kind of depends. But that is shown on the phone.
We should put on our cowboy hats and cowboy our way out of this
one. Yeah.
Do you don't need to engage with the child anymore, But do any of
you have anything else you want to say to them?
No. Dude, I got nothing.
OK, bye. The child says, OK, I think I
hate you, but I hope you have a really good night.
And then they run around and they run back to their parents
who are just kind of stammering, waiting.
They did not recognize you. Thankfully this child's parents
but. My daddy says you guys are the
recent my house. Got destroyed.
So that's so funny. That's that's one of your D 20s,
Schmidt. You got a natural one, right?
Yeah. Kind of near the residential
area, but a little ways to the South, kind of in the central,
like part of Moss Deep City. You notice something familiar
that catches your eye. It is none other than a Game
Corner. It seems like there is an
opportunity to participate in some debauchery if you so wish.
No, no, no, no. I'll be right back.
Wait. Wait, wait, wait.
Like grab his arm. Yeah, we we keep Schmidt far
away from that. Schmidt, are you going to, are
you going to enforce it? Just a just a, just a, just a,
just a, just a little, just a couple hands of poker.
Just a couple hands. I'm so good at poker.
You guys know that that I'm I'm so SUS of people that can't lie
in front of me. You're also really drunk.
No, it's fine, It's fine. I'm fine.
It's, it's look, I've got, I've got Quacko with me.
And then he points to Quacko, who's been hanging out on his
shoulder. And he's like, and he'll keep me
safe. He, he, he knows.
He knows, he knows. Can you have Quacko?
Just make it. A Charisma check please.
Yeah, Quacko has a negative charisma, by the way.
Go for it. That still ended up being a 15.
Yeah, that's pretty good. Schmidt says all this and
Quacko, like, sticks out his bird chest and he seems pretty
capable and confident. You guys kind of believe it that
Quacko will keep Schmidt. Safe.
We're worried about the safety of his wallet and his sanity and
his gambling addiction. The gun that he has.
Yeah, all those things. What better place for a gun than
a game corner? No, no.
I have always said that. Yeah, and I love by that.
So do you does the party prevent Schmidt is kind of what I'm
asking? Because we will need some PvP
rolls then. I will if no one else will.
The strong I feel like I kind of, I, I feel like, I feel like
I kind of trust Quacko and I trust, I trust Cindy to also
stop Schmidt, but. You don't trust Schmidt, you
trust Quacko. I trust Quacko.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Mitch drunk. Yeah, OK.
How does Schmidt what how did how did we end up last time?
He drank quite a bit. He's handling it pretty well,
but he is definitely drunk. Give me a contested Dexterity
check, please, Cindy and Schmidt.
Hello wow wow my dex is plus one so that's a dirty 20.
All right. Cool, so 15 on the die.
Yeah, plus. Schmidt of 3021 or something,
right? It's just a flat dex check, not
like any proficiency with it. I think this is one of those
cases where it could be athletics or acrobatics for both
of you. What do I have?
Oh athletics gives me +4 so it would make my 19 a 20. 3.
That's crazy then. Plus then you get the plus 1/2
from your decks. Oh.
Then. But if it's athletics, it's
strength, right, Right. Yeah.
Sorry, yeah, I should have clarified.
If you're going to choose one of those skills, it has to be the
skill that you're using. My bad.
You just got the plus 4 then? Yeah.
Yeah, Cindy grabs a hold of Schmidt and won't let go.
It seems like if Schmidt wants to go do this, he's going to
have to do it without the consent of the party.
He may have to sneak out at some point, but he's not going to be
able to go right now, unfortunately.
I'm so strong, guys. Schmidt like, kind of gives up
and then like sits like cross legged in the sand and then he
starts sipping on his last Gomosa.
Oh yeah, that's right. You have a Gomosa.
You had so many of those. It's in my inventory.
That's the last one. OK, yeah.
Start sipping it. That's good.
Let's see. Yeah.
So people are pouring out of the boat.
It's the evening. I had one more role.
What LED? What was your What was your
role? I leave with 16.
OK, yes, that sounds right. Off to the north you see a like
a a parting tide, as if a fast creature is moving very quickly
through the water from the northern sea, from Moss deep
jetting forwards. LD Actually no, this is it
doesn't matter if you don't need to make a roll.
It's fun to make you roll, but there's no need here.
It is clear that it is a Sharpedo that is pulling 2
individuals who are behind it on like a water kind of skied
contraption thing. They are shouting and they
approach you quickly and you recognize them.
It is Archie and Maxi. It seems they just got back from
their little escapade. Admittedly, they both look a
little spirited. Maxi more so than usual.
Archie kind of his usual self. Archie's wearing his big feet
like flippers, the the sea flippers for swimming.
He's got a scuba mask on and again, Maxi's just in his long
sleeve Hawaiian shirt. They just got back from a little
date and they are a little out of breath.
They come up to you and Archie says you're not going to believe
this gang. So Cindy, you, you, you said
your, your, your parents used to be Team Aqua, right?
Yeah. Yeah, I Max and like Maxi cuts
them off and Maxi says we're pretty confident that your
parents are currently in Shoal Cave.
OK. Archie says.
I spent a long time with them. I know exactly what their signs
are like. They mark everything.
If there's like a cute looking rock on the ground they will
carve their initials into it and they will say River and Beckett
were here. Not only that but I saw melodic
scales scattered everywhere so I'm sure of it.
They are in there. I don't you can do with this
information what you wish, but I I've seen that I've spent a lot
of time with them and I know it. And Maxi nods.
He says it is very likely. Oh fuck, fuck, I said.
Operation Find the parents time. Family reunion.
Parent Trap. Parent Trap.
Maxi asks. You don't intend to go after
them, do you? I don't know.
Schmidt stands back up from the clutches of Cindy's arms, and he
says we might. Archie just is out of breath and
he shakes his head and Maxi says it'd be a quite unreasonable
idea as Shoal Cave experiences very intense tides and it is
currently high tide. Unless you are very capable
swimmers, you may get thrashed about upon the rocks in the
undercurrents within The Cave. You may as well wait for low
tide. But they're in the you.
Have I do have two strong swimmers?
We've got some swimming. It's only two.
Archie says I don't know 3. Oh yeah, Diana.
We got Diana, we got grape juice, we got bubble gum.
Archie says it's still be mighty dangerous.
I mean even my Sharpedo here wouldn't be great at it.
So we we decided to bail from there but we we got what we
needed anyways and Archie holds up two necklaces with little
shell ornaments on them. He said as a little treat for
our date, I got Maxi and I both a shell bell and he looks very
proud about it. But yeah, Archie says yeah, if
you intend on on going in there, I would I just advise you be
really careful. A lot of divers get seriously
hurt or killed when they go into Shoal Cave at high tide.
Your parents probably went in there while it was low tide.
So who knows what they're up to. But regardless it it might be
tough. We could keep that in mind for
when it's low tide again. I think we're already in our
swimsuits. I mean, if it's high tide right
now, then they're stuck in there for now.
So it's not like they're going anywhere.
Maxie nods. He says the deepest parts of
Shoal Cave are only accessible during low tide.
So if you go in and then high tide arrives, there's no
escaping. That's fun.
Love that for them. Archie says, well, just thought
you'd like to hear that good news.
Come on, Maxie. And Archie begins to flip with
his giant flippers away, and Maxie gives a kind of a grateful
nod to you all, and he says it's always a pleasure seeing you.
We hope we will see you again, maybe later tonight, maybe
tomorrow. Either way, have a great
evening. Bye, Uncle Maxie.
Roll a Chrisma. You got it 13.
Yeah, he's, he isn't fully comfortable with that title yet,
but he does like it. And he you get the feeling that
if you keep using it, he will absorb it.
Perfect. Very good.
So yeah, I guess Cindy's didn't roll like a situation
encountered kind of Ed 20 roll. So maybe just give me like a
perception, Cindy. Perception plus one.
That's three. Oh wow, not very good.
Standard issue, low perception check.
Well, maybe rather than getting anything specific that you see,
you can just kind of assume, no, I'm giving you advantage because
you're from Holland, you've probably been here before.
One more role 1010 OK, that's better.
Ma Steep is a major city. It's probably to your knowledge,
if you're remembering, it's probably the third largest in ho
in our 4th largest behind Lily Cove Ma Ville in Rosborough, not
in and not in that order specifically, but this is still
like a pretty large city and for being an island city, it's like
pretty established, pretty bustling.
Pretty much anything that you want to find here.
There's a variety of pubs and bars and nightclubs and
restaurants. There is in fact a game corner.
There is an Opera House, there's a movie theater.
There's any kind of general entertainment fair that you may
be looking for if you are looking for something more
specific. Anyone else can give me a
different role, but it seems like the nightlife here is a
little bit more established than Duford's, where there's like
just a nightclub and a bar and a Community Center that does weird
talking events every now and then.
Guys want to see a movie? What movies are out?
I want to see the movie where we wait in front of shul cave for
low tide. We're.
Just going to stare at shul cave be like.
That's like really boring though.
Can I make a survival check to know when low tide is?
Oh, that would actually be nature.
I'm sorry. Oh damn.
But yeah, you can do that. I have proficiency in nature.
I have like mega skills and survival.
My survival is like plus 10. Yeah, so if you need to make a
tent or a fire or something, you're going to be great.
My nature is plus 711. So you know that it is like an
uneven amount. The way that the tide comes in
and out of Shoal Cave has something to do with not just
the tidal forces of the moon, but the way that The Cave is
designed for the water to ingress and egress.
That is to say, if it's high tide now, you estimate that it
will likely be around 7:00 AM when it is fully back to low
tide again. Just what's the sterity cave
until the morning happens? Camp out.
We can. We can.
We can like go to sleep in our nice hotel and then go camp out
in the morning. Camp, out camp, out, camp, out
the camp. Just just keep sipping on your
your Gomosa. Schmidt makes like a loud, like,
like slurping noise, like he's at the bottom of it.
Very good. Yeah.
One more con say for Schmidt. This is ADC 13.
I rolled exactly 13 with my con. OK, meets it beats it.
You will not vomit. You are certainly.
This is like the most drunk you can currently be, though you're
going to experience some disadvantage on a lot of
different things. LED.
One more perception please. You got it dude.
Pretty. Good.
I'd miss your discussion of what's going on and what to do.
In that time. The cruise liner has mostly
emptied out. Just casually looking and
glancing around, you do acknowledge that this liner
seems to be filled with people who look to be wealthy and are
wearing fancy clothes and have a lot of money.
And it is also filled with people who like, look relatively
destitute also like like they don't have a lot of clothes to
change in or out of. You recognize that this ship is
full of of tourists and do for residents.
It seems that they've all just come here for some reason.
The beaches are starting to fill up.
It's night out. People are having little fires,
having cookouts. There's lots of Pokémon about
all over the sand. It's getting crowded in Massey.
There's like a lot of folks. You also observe that among the
families, it is almost always like without a doubt, at least
one member of the family, usually the kids, but sometimes
a parent is like they look like a big fucking nerd.
Like they look very excited. They're wearing, they're wearing
AT shirt that says like astronomy or something.
Or they have like toys that are like space related.
They're here on like a science trip, right?
That is kind of the idea that you get for some of these
families. Oh, gotcha.
So it's not like a refugee thing.
It's just like we're just. Going to see it.
Seems like an awkward combination of.
Super rich people. Science nerds and homeless do
for folks. Is there anybody we recognize?
Did Officer Brandon make it? Give me an investigation, all
right? Dirty 20.
That's pretty good. You look around in the crowd and
you like kind of vaguely recognize some faces, but
nothing like not no one immediately stands out of
someone who you know on a first name basis.
As you spin your head around and look, you see kind of off into
the grassy, more cliffy northern east northeastern corner of
Masih City. You don't see Brandon, but you
do see a very familiar looking Samurat.
The Samurat is here, Here. He's here somewhere.
I was like, no, I mean, that
could be, that was the yeah, that was the police Samurat.
So that could just be because Delaney's here.
Did we ever send a letter to We Did Brandon about decent?
We did? Wasn't that what it was?
About in Marvel. OK, good to know.
Good to know. I assume probably people here
for like the rocket launch like, well, at least the ones that are
nerds. You can deduce that.
You can also ask someone. There's a lot of people.
In fact, near where you're standing, there is a line of
folks who are clearly trying to get into the Pokémon Center, and
there's another line running the opposite direction of folks
trying to get into Faymart. Most of them are trainers it
seems. Sure, I'll, I'll ask somebody.
What the science looking there like, Why everybody's here?
OK, yeah, roll AD 8 for the person that you speak to. 8.
Very good. You tap a woman on the shoulder
who is standing in line for fame art and she spins around and she
looks quite familiar. I will not make you do any sort
of deduction or attempts. This is the shy and sweet woman
that you met on your way to me to your false who gave you the
box link? This is none other than super
nerd Lynette. She kind of recognizes you and
she squints a bit through her glasses and she looks at all the
up and down and she says, I, I think I've met you before.
How's it been? Oh, Lynette, hey.
Hi. Yeah.
Thank you for the the box length thing.
That's been really useful. We've been having a good time
using that. Oh, I'm so glad.
What's what are you doing here? Why is everybody gathering
around in Moss Deep? Lynette says, Well, I'm here
'cause I'm really excited for this historic shuttle launch.
It's been a while since any rockets have come out of Moss
Deep, and this one seems pretty promising.
They're going to do a lunar survey.
Who? Who's doing a lunar survey?
Well, the Mosdeep Space Center, who else would it be?
No one else has the the government funding like the
Mosdeep Space Center. Why are they doing a lunar
survey? Well, it's been 15 years, it may
as well, right? Something about grant funding
and the the government only getting to pay out every now and
then. You know, science is expensive.
It's on the top of everyone's list.
So I think they've just saved up enough for now.
It's time. They're going to collect soil
samples. They're also going to map the
stars. It's going to be great.
I'm sure. I mean, it sounds really cool.
Lynette nods. It seems that she's like trying
to contain her excitement, but she doesn't want to come out as
like two extra to these folks that she appreciates.
Can I do anything else for you? I.
Mean I'm yeah, I don't, I don't think so.
And I really just wanted to know what was going on.
She says yeah, I think a lot of people are really excited.
You know, the last time that someone from Hoen was in space
was quite a while. I don't even remember.
She reaches down to the ground. On the other side of her there
is a Pokémon that is acting all fussy.
It's like a small blue 6 legged like amorphous Pokémon that has
a Lily pad on its head. She picks it up and she says oh
knock it off you're fine. Can I get you guys anything from
Fay Mart? This line is really long.
Must be a good Mart. I think we already did some shop
in there. Thank you for the offer though.
But yeah, they're, they're, they're pretty awesome in there.
Yeah, Fay Mart is really awesome.
Faye is great. You'll love her.
We stand, Faye. Lynette says.
OK, yeah, I'll, I'll make sure to do that.
Also one more thing since I found you.
Do you still have that box link? Yes.
Can I see it? I think, yeah.
Yeah. Do you?
Do you provided Gimli? I do, yes.
You hold it out and Lynette reaches into her pocket and just
like pulls out something that you can't see.
Her hand flashes by very quickly and she just like stabs an
antenna into it. So this strange box like thing
now has like an antenna that has a dish that rotates and spins.
And she says this is a range extender.
It might help if you're like deep in a cave or on top of a
mountain or somewhere really far, you might have a better
connection. Cool, nice, we love this.
The line begins to shuffle forward and she says, well I
don't want anyone to cut in front of me, but have a good
night. Maybe I'll see you tomorrow for
the launch. What time's the launch?
Yeah, that's what I was asking. She says it's at 9:00 AM.
Walk. Thank you.
Uh oh. Uh oh.
You have family reunion and then get back in time for the shuttle
launch. I don't know if I.
Want a family reunion? I want a family reunion.
My parents are for Schmidt. Right.
OK, they're evil. Listen, I had to deal with some
family bullshit against my will. It's your turn now.
Oh yeah, you kind of got roped into some family bullshit.
I mean, to be fair, if we were to like, meet up with them, what
would, what would you even say? I don't know.
Oh. Big fan of your work.
Next. Well, you got to say something.
You've been like kind of low key looking for them.
Just more like curious about where they are and what kind of
bullshit they're getting into. Well, no better source than
straight from the mouth, yeah. I mean, yeah, and technically,
like, they are part of energy, right?
And like, it's good to keep tabs on our enemies.
Right, that's awesome. But we were told they're bad at
being part of energy. Which is why we right and
they'll, they'll give us information then because they're
bad. Yeah, they'll just give it away
because it sounds cool. You know, right?
And you're their daughter, and of course they're going to tell
you everything they're up to, right?
I don't know how real that is or how true that'll be.
I haven't seen them since I was. 24.
Based on this conversation that you're having, whether or not it
was meant to be above table, I'm going to rule it that it was
quietly not LD rule. Stealth check please.
Yeah, you got it, 12. 12, not high enough for what I'm looking
for. You are approached by a really
dweeby looking kid in a school outfit.
There's a vague sense of familiarity about him, but
something just seems off. You don't know what it is.
A familiar voice speaks out. You guys are talking about NRG?
God is. This Gracie Timothy.
It is not Gracie Timothy Schmidt is drunk, but Schmidt would know
the best. Make a disadvantaged Wisdom
check. Oh fuck, is this the slug My
nuts kid? Well.
That's on 20 and 120 and one baby.
That's kind of sick. If that was like a roll with
emphasis, that would be very silly.
OK, Yeah. You for one split second know
exactly who this is. And then you're too drunk and
you forget. And this person, they're this
kid, They're like assuming rapport with you, like, the
group of you, like, they know you.
They're like, yeah, I energy's been really getting on my
nerves. They broke up our camp and so
now I'm stuck here on the stupid field trip with my class and
we're here to see a shuttle launch or something stupid.
Glad to see you guys, though. You guys always create some sort
of excitement. Are you one of the ninja kids?
Oh my God. The is.
This Calvin. The boy says, Oh yeah, you
Remember Me and the stupid get up.
Yeah, it's me, Calvin, of course of.
Course. Of course, of course.
Who else would it be? Yeah.
It's got Schmidt's eyes, like, you know, the meme.
'S a fucking nerd. You know the meme where like,
someone's eyes, like, turn red and then like, the entire screen
gets like bit crushed And yeah, that is what Schmidt right now.
OK. Do you intend to impart any sort
of intimidation on that, or is that just the reality of the
situation? I think that's the reality of
the situation and I think we might need to get ready for
initiative. We'll wait for something to
happen to trigger that. But Calvin will say, yeah, NRG,
they, they split up our camp. And it was really sad because I
love that tree house. I put so much love into it and
now my parents are making me like go to a different fancy
school. And now we're here on this field
trip and you know, Tim the Venomoth, my best friend, he's
he's in a school locker right now.
So I'm just here all alone with, without Tim and with my mom.
She's a chaperone. So I found you guys and I, I
think you guys might be a little bit more fun than whatever we're
doing tonight. Schmidt gets like, uncomfortably
close to him, like face to face, just staring him down.
He's like, oh, I'm going to fucking show you fun all.
Right. Let's no.
Hold on, maybe maybe intimidation that I I won't
impose disadvantage you. Know what sounds fun right about
now? The Game Corner.
Maybe we should go. Yeah, do you want to go to the
Game Corner? Isn't that where people gamble?
Yeah, that sounds awesome. No, not you.
You're not 18, I don't think you'll be allowed in.
What was the intimation? He like looks a little scared
for a second and then he sniffs and goes.
You've been drinking. Yeah, he's an adult.
I bet you can't even beat me in a race.
What does that have anything to do with?
A race. Don't fucking try me right now,
kid. I want to see this ninja ask.
You have no idea. You guys should definitely
raise. This is a challenge, this is a
challenge. I just have to do it.
The most 5 head idea? Yeah.
You ready for this shit? No, but go for it.
I'm going to tell his mom. He should tell his mom what?
Are you going to tell his? Mom.
That he fucking sludge bombed me and poisoned me.
That's fair. Somebody should tell his mom.
Well, do you know where his mom is?
I'm sure we could find out. OK, do you say this out loud?
Does Calvin know this? Yeah, I'm like I have.
The whole line was like I just had a 5 head idea.
I'm going to tell your mom, like to his face.
OK, Calvin says. Well, good luck finding her.
Also, she knows I was a big troublemaker.
I don't know what you can tell her that can't give me any more
trouble than I've already gotten.
And. Can I roll investigation to find
his mother? Sure, disadvantaged.
You're drunk. He's just going to walk up to
random women. Is Calvin your son?
It's you birth Calvin, whose. Child is this.
Is this a product of your reproduction?
Disadvantage 15 pretty good. Yeah, I'm proficient so.
You see a crowd of folks, not like folks.
You see a group of kids and a couple adults who are all
waiting outside a restaurant. Apparently they're waiting in
line. This is a seafood.
Give me a Pokémon. That is seafood.
That would be funny for a restaurant.
Red corfish do. We already do that.
I feel like we did because we got the cheddar biscuits.
Yeah. We gave them the crab roller.
Can we do a Long John Silver's pun?
Wait hot. The hot and juicy crabby.
Hot and juicy, crabby, I guess. Perfect.
I don't know where that came from, but that's ideal.
It's. Called There's a restaurant
called the Hot and Juicy Crab. Oh, OK.
Yeah, perfect. Yeah, there's a hot and juicy
crabby, and it seems like the school is like waiting for a
reservation. They're not a reservation.
They're just waiting because they're a huge party to get in
there. You see a couple adults and you
can probably presume that if you're closer and talk to them,
that one of them is Calvin's mom.
Cool. What's it we should ask for his
last name and you can just be like misses whatever his last
name is. I'm just going to start walking
up to all the women in the group, like the adult women.
And I'm going to be like, hello, I met a young man named Calvin.
This happened to be your son. OK, there are three adult women.
We'll just have you go at them in an order based on a charisma
check that I'm going to have you make disadvantaged.
Well, you're drunk though, but let's just make a neutral.
If anything, that's the one step that wouldn't be bothered
natural. 20. Baby Natural 20.
OK, perfect. Yeah, the first woman you talk
to. It has a similar kind of
complexion as Calvin's seems like spends a lot of time
outside. She has like a blonde Bob and
she's wearing like a kind of like, not casual, not formal,
but just like what a chaperon would wear.
Like she's wearing jeans for the flexibility and the comfort, but
like a nice blouse and looks fairly professional, wearing
some nice looking jewelry, a really smart necklace and
earrings and has red lipstick on.
She turns to face you and you feel like she's kind of hot.
She says, well, yes, that's me. I'm Calvin's mother.
How can I help you? Oh, I just how do I want to
approach this? Give me a second.
Sleep with his mom? Yeah, sleep with his mom.
That's the plan, I just need to get there.
We're kind of close, kind of close.
Let him close. Oh, there you are, Schmidt.
Thanks for saving me from that burning building.
Roll. Roll a Deception LED.
Thanks for yes, thanks for saving me from that burning
building. Oh.
That's awesome from the no no no no.
Listen, I'll make it relevant instead of burning building the
the saving me from the disaster in Duford.
Yeah, great deception. Sorry, I'm yeah, I'm checking my
stats. That's not a lie though.
Maybe just a he. Did he did help?
I think you're hyping it up. So that's actually performance.
I think you've done yourself a favor.
OK, All right, Perfect 17. Great.
Yeah, this impacts in Calvin's mom's brain and she acknowledges
it and she's like, OK, what was your question before her,
Schmidt? Fuck, I forgot everything.
Oh no, too much for his He's rising himself.
Be careful. Himself, he is so tough.
It's like, oh, I had a run in with your son and I just wanted
to meet his mom. You seem so delightful and that
top looks very good on you. Yeah, that's a.
That's a Charisma check. Did you already roll one?
Yes, you did. You got your Yeah.
She eats it up. She's like, what a fine, sweet
young man. Thank you so much for that.
How did you meet Calvin? Are you 2 friends?
You seem a little older than he is.
You're in a different class, I'm guessing.
Friends is a is a is a strong word for sure.
We, we, we met each other out on the road, we can say.
Yeah, that troublemaker, he's always on the road, getting into
all sorts of pranks and things. You were in a prankster with
him, were you? No, no, no.
Nothing of the sort. Nothing of the sort.
Well, what can I help you with? All right, now you guys get to
learn the truth that I actually have 0 Ris in real life.
You can. If you want, you can make a
general summary of the kind of thing you'd like to say, and
then make a role. Yeah, kind of a general.
Pokémon pick up lines Oh. Fuck.
They're so bad. They're always so bad.
I had one the other day. Hold on.
No. Somebody sent one to me and I
saved it. You just got to say I know your
son and then cold drop a pick up line, yes.
That would get me, honestly. I'm doing, Yeah, yeah, you fine.
So be so caught off guard, head spinning.
OK, it was not a pick up line, it was just a regular joke.
I'm now going to go Google Pokémon.
There are plenty of fish in the sea, but you're my golden magic
harp. It's not a pick up line but I
saw that one tweet that was like she's bouncing on it in a way
that's up high in the first turn, then drops on the target
on the second turn. This might also leave the target
with paralysis. I think.
That's so fucking funny. Awesome, that's so good.
Fuck, is that a Jodi Azarelli thing?
That was. Hasted.
No, that was from that was hasted.
Yeah, way to go, Hasted. Yeah.
That's fucking good, Damn. These are all fucking bad, I'm
sorry. I thought they're so bad,
they're never good. Oh no.
If you want you can roll a charisma and I will just
prescribe a pick up line to it. Maybe 17.
OK, that's pretty good. So your intention is to pick up
his mom, right? That's like what you're going
for. Yeah, and I'm like every time
she's looking away I'm like hard side eyeing him.
Hell yeah. Yeah.
First off, you do notice that she's not wearing any sort of
wedding band, just so that is clear.
Second off, yeah, you search your mind for something flirty,
kind of promiscuous to say. And you jump from I know your
son to, you know, I'm a bit of a cane and I'm in needle a queen.
And she bites. She's like, she says she like,
fans herself a little bit. She's like, OK, I'm working.
But. And then she pulls out a piece
of paper and she scribbles on it and she gives it to you.
And she says the field trip is officially over at 10.
And we got the bougie. Room too.
What? The fuck is the bougie?
Hotel room. At 10.
It's like it's suites though, right?
Like or are we are we all in like 1 room together?
It's. It's a suite.
We got a suite. It's.
Suites OK, so we're fine we're fine.
All right, we. We can also make ourselves
sparse ourselves sparse if needed, yeah.
Somebody doesn't want to camp now.
Yeah, you can look at the paper and there's a series of digits
as well as like an address and room number.
Wow, you can just get her room. Yeah, no, Schmidt pockets that
happen and he says I'll talk. To you later then.
Enjoy. Your dinner, you do that roll,
roll a psychic attack on Calvin, just like AD 20, and then we'll
add some numbers to it. Oh fuck yeah, that's a flat 6.
Yeah, OK. Yeah.
I'm assuming you like returned to the group with the with your
spoils. Yeah, Yeah.
Calvin is like looking at the ground and his lip is quivering
and he looks like very upset and he says I, I thought you guys
were cool and that you liked me. When did we ever say that?
Honestly, that's the coolest thing Schmidt's ever done.
Honestly. I don't know why you're so
offended. Yeah.
He, he wipes a snotty nose with the back of his hand and he
says, I, I thought we could finally get along.
I, I thought that you apologize and that we could be friends
and, and, and, and then he runs off into the sunset.
Maybe not under the sunset. He runs off towards his, his,
his field trip group, But he's, he's not, he's not happy.
You've you've definitely broken him.
Man, you're gonna have to repair your relationship with your
future stepson. Yeah, he'll get over it.
It gives some character for sure.
Yeah, they're kids. They're resilient.
Little bit of daddy issues never hurt nobody, yeah.
He's he, I was about to say he's, he's got to have some
daddy issues already. He doesn't.
I mean, as far as we know it doesn't have one currently.
Like like daddy issues don't stack so it's fine.
You've been sitting, chatting, socializing, observing, doing
various things for about an hour. 7:00 PM Moss Deep City.
New things are happening. Who hasn't rolled in a while?
Gimli. Just a classic D20 please.
Gotcha 10. Yes, with your 10, you observe
that based on where you're standing, you can't get a fully
clear picture. But from the side of the rights
of learning that you were recently at, there are a couple
individuals who are exchanging capsules.
In fact, they are in fact the very energy tanks that you are.
Pokémon filled with their Infinity Energy.
Seems like there's like a handoff happening.
It is quite curious. Oh.
The capsule exchange of affinity energy.
Is there an affinity market? Are they giving it to NRG?
We should go check that out. Because NRG was into Infinity
energy, that's what they were. Trying to use.
CAS and Mewtwo for right we. Should go We should go Snoop it
out. Does the group go to the right
of learning? Yeah, just like casually make
our way in that direction, like we're sightseeing or whatever.
Like very very casual. Sure.
Are you, so are you trying to be sneaky or trying to blend in?
Either way, I think I want a group stealth.
OK. And.
Then I don't want. To.
Be like running out like Hey you what's?
Happening. Yeah, right.
Like it's like, it's like inconspicuous.
OK, sure. Are we adding modifiers and
everything to the group Stealth? Sure.
Yeah, yeah. Let's just let's just see where
you're at. Oh we I got a 22.
OK. 18. OK, 10.
Wow, Schmidt with the lowest stealth, Did you even
disadvantage that or is that just how it is?
Oh, was I supposed to disadvantage that?
I mean, I either way it's not super great.
OK, it's the same role disadvantage.
I rolled the three on the die and then Schmidt's broken and
stealth. Yeah.
Yeah, you, you all approached. Are you?
Trying to blend in with the crowd?
Or are you? Or are you like sneaking it's
self? Either way, but I want to be.
Flavor wise, Schmidt, it's just like following them.
He's very like, drunk and very like, proud of himself for what
he just did. Yeah.
Can we get close enough being in the crowd to like kind of see
what's going on, or would we have to like kind of break away
to get closer? That's a great question.
From where you are in the crowd, you're not going to make out any
further details other than what Gimli observed, which is
Infinity energy leaving the right of learning and going to
someone. OK, then I'd say we'd probably
be like sneaking a little bit to get closer.
You get closer. All of you rolled pretty well
except for Schmidt. You were able to approach in
such a way that you see there are two Pokémon present as well.
It is without a doubt that the person handing over the capsules
of Infinity Energy harvested from your Pokémon probably is
Doctor Claude Magnolia from before.
And there is a cute little EV like running around their feet
as they're conducting work. The person who's receiving them,
you do not fully recognized. They are joined by a Pokémon
that looks like a sinister squid, and it is actually
collecting some of these capsules in its tentacles and
setting them down, like in the grass near a rock.
And you swear that you saw that once it was set down, it just
vanished, that it just went somewhere.
Is this semolina? It is semolina with Mal of fire.
Shit, how do we we have to like catch her in this.
We can't let this keep happening.
Schmidt, you rolled A10 correct? With all your bonuses.
Yeah. You are noticed, not the group,
just Schmidt. This woman points and she says
recruit breaks over, get back on the ship and Harkins you over to
her. Schmidt does not question it at
all. It's just like, oh, what?
Me OK. OK, so you just walk forward
into this? Yeah, OK, very good.
Give me just a deception please if you're just going to play
along, not disadvantaged. 17. OK, yeah, that's great.
This woman who you don't recognize doesn't question it.
You walk by and the doctor Claude Magnolia kind of gives
you a like a familiar and confused look, but doesn't
really say anything because your deception was so high.
And this woman who upon closer look like looks, has like a
really like how how to put this. Her face is like pretty, but
like in an evil way. Like her eyebrows are just like
kind of furrowed constantly and her lips are pursed in such a
way that like she only speaks in commands and expletives.
It's just like she's a really gross kind of personality to
her. And the the squid Pokémon kind
of eyes you cautiously as it picks up capsules and drops them
in a spiraling circle that is hiding behind a rock.
Assembly points to it as if like you are supposed to enter that
circle. There's like a swirly blackish
purple mist that is on the ground that these capsules are
being deposited into and you're supposed to do it.
Do you do it? I don't think we can take that
fight like going into if. Anybody.
No. But if anybody's going to do
Recon, it's got to be our stealth guy.
Granted, he is drunk right now. He's so dry.
I'm going to flip a coin, no. No, it's all somebody called
heads. I love it.
You could also roll a dice. But we're getting our gambling
in somehow, all right? Somebody call heads or tails and
what it is heads is what heads as you go or heads as I.
Stay heads as you go. It was heads.
All right, I love it. Let's do it.
OK, you're going to you're going to enter the portal.
Yep. OK, this would be I guess here's
a question for the group. This would be like the prime
pull aside moment. Obviously.
Do you trust yourselves on a level of not meta gaming and
role-playing new information? If Schmidt delivers it to you,
if he survives this mission gets through it.
Would you want to listen? Are you able to role play or
would you rather have it be a secret is really my question.
Oh, what's more fun, gang. Yeah, I was going to say like I
I probably could, but also it's kind of fun to just not know.
Yeah, then we just find out on the episode of or find out later
through discussion. Like I still don't know what
happened in Marvel. Yeah, I'd rather not know.
Bye. OK.
And you have, you do have Quacko with you, correct?
And assuming your other pokeballs as well.
Yeah. OK, great.
You drop into the portal before we start with anything that
happens with that Cindy LD Gimli, you all witness as
Schmidt gets beckoned by who you suspect as a team NRG admin and
falls behind a rock and disappears.
Oh. Shit.
Well. We try to intervene and just be
like, hey, what are you doing? That's our Infinity energy that
we helped you guys make or whatever.
Start of ruckus. Well, I don't.
We shouldn't try to start a fight here.
There's people around. But it's just one of.
Her Yeah, I, I guess like, I guess yeah I, I mean for the
sake of distraction, because she.
Said that also right she goes and that.
Could be right. And that's just A1V1, right?
And we don't want that. OK, OK.
Schmidt, Are you ready? Yeah.
You step into the swirling mist and I'm trying to think of like
a pop culture thing. You ever see the movie David
Bowie's Labyrinth? I haven't seen it.
I know of it. OK.
Either way, you like step down into this portal and your foot
connects on like a perpendicular level, like a floor that is like
wouldn't be where the floor is. And then as you step into it,
your body continues to the portal and like the gravity you
feel changing. Like, like if you're playing the
game Portal and someone put one on the ground and one on the
wall and you went through the one on the ground, that's what
it feels like. You step through and you find
yourself in a mysterious looking like barracks.
There are some crates that say NRG on them.
There's a series of bunk beds that are stacked in a long
hallway. There's probably a dozen or or
so of them is Dinley lit. There's some folks who are kind
of like sitting on the beds like they're playing games.
Some of them are in uniform. Some of them are just like
wearing sweatpants and a tank top.
They're just hanging around. They're just socializing.
There's a couple Pokémon here and there.
There's a bipedal frog Pokémon looks kind of familiar.
There's a snake Pokémon that's like coiled up on a bed and you
step through. Do you make any sort of
announcement? Do you introduce yourself?
Do you just kind of walk in or you waiting to see what they how
they react to you? We'll just do a good little wait
and see how they react. Sure.
As you step through, you also see folks on either side of the
portal that you just walked through reaching to grab these
capsules as Malamar pulls them out and they're stacking them.
Everyone kind of gives you, like, a confused nod, but you
are more or less blending in and someone says, I I haven't seen
you before. You.
You're late from from the break, aren't you?
Schmidt just, like, stands up straight and salutes it.
He's like, Sir, Yes, Sir. Sorry, Sir.
Which hand do you salute with? I think you would just default
to his right. OK.
So non scrambling hand. Yeah, OK.
I know it's a little boring, but no, no, that's, that's fine.
That makes sense. The person on the bed seems like
they're playing like a card game with someone else.
They kind of smirk at you. They say I'm not your superior.
We're all grunts here. Lucky you.
We don't need to change back end outfit.
You shouldn't. You should rest up.
You want to play a game? Sure what you got he's.
Holding on some cards and he says, oh, we're just playing
poker. Oh fuck yeah.
I'm trying to think of Texas Holdem, but Pokémon can help me
out here. Brooksish.
Brooksish Holdem, there we go. Brooksish Holdem, There you go.
Brooksish Holdem, Yeah. So he sits you down, Play some
Brooksish Holdem. I'm not sure how we can do this
in a card game, but do you have any ideas?
D twelves, maybe. That's not exactly right though.
No, let's keep it simple. Let's have the dealer.
This isn't exactly how poker works, but we're just going to
roll with it anyways. With the dealer will roll T2D
twelves and you will roll 2D twelves.
And if you can create any sort of mathematic, like a straight
line or a pair or like anything like that, you can get more or
less points. How does that sound?
OK, so are you rolling D2 OPS and I'm rolling 2 or am I
rolling 4? You're you're rolling 2 and
you're going to see how they match up with the dealers D
twelves basically OK and if you can log.
Four and I got a 10. OK, Yeah.
While that's happening, the one of the people, maybe a woman in
like her late 20s perhaps has like dyed purple hair that's
down and WAVY. She looks at you and she says,
you got something to drink, didn't you?
Well, welcome back. Sleep it off tonight.
We got a big day tomorrow. It's just another salute and
he's like, yes ma'am. OK, you may be arousing a slight
suspicion with the formalities, but they just think you're a
little quirky and weird. The dealer has rolled 2 twelves
on these D twelves. Can you ration at all how your
dice might mathematically or aesthetically work well with
that, for example? OK, not at all.
The person you're playing against has a one and a four.
And what was yours again? A4 and A10.
OK, everyone reveals their hands and and they say well.
High number, I guess, yeah. Yeah, they say, well, the
highest total wins and so they Passover some like.
I imagine it's just like a nickels and Dimes game.
Kind of. But what they're doing what like
they're they're playing with coins that are like hexagonal in
shape and has the NRG local on the logo on them.
It seems like this is like a credit of some sort that is used
within the organization. This is the launch credit.
It might be launch credits. Is this the launch credits that
they got for turning this information over?
Who knows? It's some sort of credit.
They say nice job. And the guy who beckoned you
over said. I don't think we've met.
What's your name? Oh fuck, I need to come up with
a code name so Schmidt is going to think of the name of the
evilest, most vile person he knows.
OK. And he's going to be like, yeah,
my name is Nick. This guy says, oh, welcome,
Nick. It seems like you're not from
Holland. Where you from?
You know I'm around the Joto region, you know, around the
Goldenrod area. The the woman laughs and she
says that's funny. I swear we just got a recruit
from from Goldenrod named Nick. Is that you?
Yeah, that sure is. Me.
The guy laughs and he says, yeah, that must be, that's
really interesting because I, I heard about that you and people
were telling me that the guy was a real asshole and that he
wasn't really into like, you know, the whole Neo Rocket
galactic ambition. He was just on a mission.
And it reminded me of those River and Beckett folks.
You know, they're not really with the program and they just
kind of do what they want to do. And the woman nods and she says,
yeah, it's not right. It's not fair to Giovanni.
Rest in peace. And then the man says, rest in
peace. Man, you know, sometimes just
socially awkward, you know, like I just, I feel like I got a got
off on the wrong foot and gave kind of the wrong impression.
But no, I'm here. I'm here for the the mission.
Me, Nick. Yeah, the.
The the two grunts who you're playing with are like, yeah, all
right, seems fair. I mean, yeah, it's always good
to have more people on. You know, it's it's we've been
getting a lot lately and it's good to have people who who we
can trust and who are good at A at at Brooks is hold them.
They roll another hand. So roll 2D12.
I got A2 and A10 that time. OK, the dealer's hand is a three
and a one. Let's see what the other players
gets. I'm only going to roll for one
of them just to keep myself sane.
So they get 2 ones. So they have a three of a kind.
How many in a row would you consider a straight?
At least two, honestly, because we're not playing many.
Because I have a 2 and you said it was a one and a three.
Yeah. So I have a 123.
I think that's more than. Yeah, that's better than three
ones. Yeah.
You're straight, will beat the three of a kind, and you'll win
more of these little energy credits.
The woman in her late 20s says, well, you, since you're new, do
you have any questions? I've been here for five years,
and the man who you're playing with says, yeah, I I've been
here for three also. We should introduce ourselves.
My name is Ryan. And the woman says I'm Alicia.
Ryan and Alicia. OK, Ryan actually write things
shut down for once. Hold on.
Ryan asks, Were you in in Barracks 12?
Is this where you were assigned? Yep, just transferred here today
actually got a got a little lost on my way and maybe found a bar
on the way you know what I mean? Roll a Deception.
Not a high roll, but I am proficient.
That is an 11. OK, yeah, they'll believe it.
They just think you're a little awkward, a little weird and
clearly a little drunk. They laugh and they say, yeah, I
when we were when I first heard about Nick ever you, everyone
was saying, yeah, he's new, but I didn't realize you were that
new, but welcome aboard. You came on a on a right before
a big day. Do you have?
Oh yeah. Do you have anything that you
want to say or ask or sneakily do before we return to the rest
of the group? Is there any way it might take
too much time that I can gather like what the mission is?
Sure, you're welcome to RP it, or you can roll an investigation
with your Christmas stat. I I'll roll, I can't think of a
way to I can actually bring it up.
I killed this shit off of Charisma so that's just a dirty
22. 3022 OK yeah you look around you're trying to it like what
the vibe is like what's going on.
You see the Infinity energy like being collected from the portal
and then being tucked into containers and among those
containers are other crates that just say highly explosive.
And then you also see a bunch of machine parts there's like a
giant double doors that you're pretty close to you're sitting
on a bed to play this game. But if you look outside,
there's, there's grunts and people walking around doing
things and you hear like heavy machinery being moved around and
you see with your high roll, I'll, I'll give it to you on
Ryan's bed. There's like a little mission
briefing, a little summary. And at the top it says lunar
demolition. It seems like that is the angle.
That's what's going on. Additionally, you rolled high
enough. You also see next to all the
explosives and stuff, you see a variety of how would I describe
this? Like restraints and handcuffs
and like, duct tape and piles of things that are used to abduct
people. I'm going to check in with the
rest of the Paco. You're welcome to join.
You will just be passively participating.
OK, OK. So let's make a game plan.
I think I could start because like I'm a child, I could get
away with just being like, oops, silly little kid if it starts to
go sour. You think so, but they might
know who. They might know who we are.
Right, that's the problem right is like they might know us
she's. Recognized Schmidt.
No, because they know you from fucking TikTok.
Yeah, I don't think because, right, because they were in
Duford, but they probably didn't get close enough to see us.
But you and me, yeah, like they're probably going to.
Recognize you too. For sure they don't.
They might not know who I am. That's true.
Hey dog guy, I might have another one for you.
Wait, what's going on here? What are you?
Yeah, like I thought you guys were doing this for research.
Yeah, I think approaching it that way is fine.
Where it's just like, right, We're like, oh, Dunk, I was
coming by to visit to see if you guys were still open.
I might have another one. But what's going on here?
Like that kind of vibe. But like, I'm surprised she
didn't recognize Schmidt because we're on the like, short list of
like. He also has a lot of poster.
Yeah. But that was with like the Cape
and stuff. He's, is he wearing his like wet
suit or is he wearing the Cape? Oh.
Yeah, he's wearing his wet suit. Wet suit blindness.
Yeah, they recognize it on. The IT affects everyone, yeah.
I wonder if she'll recognize my wet suit overalls.
My swimsuit too hot to handle. It's pretty Cindy.
It is pretty Cindy though. I mean, if we're planning on
approaching it, I think that's our best approach.
Right, what do you want me and then do to do I?
Would just be ready to react to if it goes bad.
Right. Would it be good for like one
person to follow Schmidt just to like, make sure he's OK, or do
we trust him? He's very drunk though.
He's very drunk, but I mean, he's gotten into his own
shenanigans before, you know? He did survive Marvel.
I feel like anyone intervening might actually make it harder
and for him to do. Stuff, Right.
Yeah, the more people over there, the more conspicuous it
is he. Can't stealth his way out of
everything or rizz his way out of everything 'cause the Risz is
he. Starts rising up.
Start rising up. Emily, the episode where Schmidt
sleeps with everybody. So true.
That episode of the Bachelor or Sam when you need her.
True, she'd be so jealous. Are they going to take the
Infinity energy to the moon to find the fairy plate?
But like how would the energy energy help with that Infinity?
I don't know what did I say? Infinity, Infinity, Infinity.
Yeah.
How would that I get like? I'm just putting that.
I'm going to look at group notes and see if we found out like
what they were using it for 'cause I don't remember if they
said. Oh, we can ask.
I was going to say we can ask Mutu, but Squids has Mutu.
Yeah. Mutu trust it more since squids
has mutu. Mutu knows what's happening.
It powered the mind plate. I mean, we knew they wanted it.
So I guess maybe the Infinity energy is like what?
But they work without any sort of energy, right?
Like. With the plates.
Right, like the fire one works with with solely.
Not yeah, but like, that's not. The same there's.
Like there's requirements for that More like.
A. The reason why?
It's also making Pokémon probably go haywire rather than
make them ridiculously awesome is probably because they're
forcing it. It's like, you know, the the red
Garrick's. Equation.
They're just pumping it full of energy and being like, well,
it's overloading. Like it it it expels that energy
through random Pokémon. Gotcha.
OK. Probably also how they're making
that formula, like how it was affecting Torkel where they just
like jammed and stabbed them with stuff, made them
supercharged. It's probably.
The same. Idea so yeah, the the right of
learning apparently is a front for them so.
Yeah, that really sucks. To learn, but that means they
could have been like getting information on us like all
throughout our journey if it truly is like all of them are
helping fund and pursue like. Push are they are they an
extension of self Co. I don't think that was ever
something that's been like said, but it's certainly a
possibility, right? Or funded like research is
funded by So like it could be. Yeah.
And if research is funded by So Co, then So Co is just a company
that holy energy, yeah. Shit, does that really mean
Sam's evil? I mean, we kind of always have.
That yeah, I think I feel like, yeah, I feel like we kind of we
kind of been new. The thing it like the the thing
I think about Sam is I feel like she's clown more like morally
Gray. Like I feel like she is like a
good person. She's just in the wrong crowd.
Also, her upbringing wasn't so hot too from what we've
gathered. Listen, just because you're
raised by an asshole doesn't mean you should also be 1, you
know? I'm not saying.
Be an asshole, but if you're raised by crime in a criminal
organization, you might also join said criminal organization.
It's like Colts, it's like the same thing.
I think it's time for us to get our criminal conviction in
Mosby. For a noise complaint.
We're just racking up crime everywhere.
We're wanted by criminals, we're wanted by the police.
I'm just so like, desirable. Yeah, everybody wants us,
including Calvin's mom. So true.
Kind of. Wild.
Actually go. Hello.
Hi, hi. Let's check in.
I don't know if you guys want to make any checks or if you're
just like, well, Schmidt's gone. Is there anything you're
interested in doing in this moment?
Yeah, I mean, we had shot a game plan.
I was going to approach the doctor to see if I was like, oh,
I actually have another Pokémon I forgot about that I might have
an opportunity. What is this, the Infinity
Energy? What's what's going on here?
Sure. You approach and Doctor Magnolia
looks a little like panicked and surprised and he moves over to
you. The woman with the Malamar looks
like very upset and she's slowly walks towards you, but not as
quickly as Magnolia does. Doctor Magnolia says listen,
don't worry about it. This is we're we're transferring
the materials for additional research.
And also I'm sorry we can't evolve your Pokémon.
We're close for the night. Oh, that's unfortunate, but the
church for in the where I thought you guys do all your
research in house. Doctor Magnolia says, well, we
do a lot of it here, but also when it comes to the private
investors, we will also contribute our materials and our
findings there because as you know, our sorts of public
institutions are not well funded.
So when we get an entity that is interested in our in our
research, we will partner with them.
It would be interested in something like Infinity energy.
That's kind of crazy. You see the woman like
approaching you quickly and she's now like looking at Doctor
Magnolia as well. And he says it's our, our, our
contract is protected by an NDA. I'm sorry, I can't tell you, but
they're very reputable. They're very well known.
I'm I'm sure that you've probably heard of that before
and you know that they do very good things.
Oh, do they? The woman is finally side to
side and she says sorry, the right of learning is closed.
There's nothing for you to worry about.
Have a great night. OK, move along.
Well, you're very rude on. Do we want to get into it, guys?
You think we we wait a little bit?
OK. We got to keep an eye on it.
Well, well, I was just. I was talking to the good
doctor. I talked to him earlier.
Please don't need to be so rude, ma'am.
The woman says yes, he's a very good and reputable researcher.
Now, if you'll please give us some time.
We're almost done here. Then you can have him for as
long as you want. All right, just a couple
minutes. What about you?
It seems kind of weird you guys are doing this in the middle of
the night. And she looks around and she
says, well, it's a fine time to conduct business, right of
learning wasn't available and it doesn't concern you.
This is simply when we are doing this operation.
I mean, maybe, maybe you'd be more candid than the doctor.
What do you, what do you think, seem to be doing with Infinity
Energy? That seems like a strange
commodity. The woman raises an eyebrow and
she says it's for research purposes and frankly, it's none
of your business. I.
Mean, I did donate some of that, so it might be a little bit my
business. The, the squid like Pokémon is
approaching closer to you all and it, it looks it has the same
kind of sinister face that this woman does.
Doctor Magnolia is looking quite worried and he says can't,
can't, can't we just finish this and, and, and I'll, I'll go talk
to them. And the woman says, no, it's
actually, once you've donated it, it's the property of the
right of learning and they have given it to us.
They're private investors. So frankly, it is none of your
business. I mean, it was never disclosed
that we would be donated to private investors.
We were donating it to the right of learning.
And Doctor Magnolia says right yes to science, to the greater
good, Yes, that that's what all this is is for.
And and if we can just finish this, then I'll, I'll fill you
in, I promise. Well, I don't think it's very
reasonable to be donating to a different corporation instead of
the right of learning, which it was never disclosed, which I
think you're just stealing from people at that point.
Roll, I guess intimidation, I guess, if that's what you're
going for. Yeah, 16.
Yeah, so the woman is not fazed, but she definitely feels like
she has to. This is an issue.
The man is very concerned and he will make one more plea.
He says please just don't get involved.
Let us finish this and it'll it'll, I'll explain it.
It'll be fine. Just I don't want any
escalation. And the woman is looking very
kind of serious. I'm just saying like if you're
stealing from people, it's not just us.
This isn't, this isn't right to do, to not disclose that kind of
information that it's going to be donated to a third party.
I, for one, feel shafted. Doctor Magnolia looks very
apologetic and sympathetic, and he says, OK, just just come back
tomorrow and I will we, we can give you more ability patches.
I'll I'll make it up to you somehow, but but we really need
to finish this. Sorry, I don't think it's right.
You now you're trying to bribe me.
It makes me feel like that's a little bit suspicious.
Been a while since Gambly slipped.
Really ready to twink. Yeah.
A little bit less of a twink, but it's twinky properties for
sure. He's he's, he's looking very
unfortunate. And the woman says you can leave
now and come back in 10 minutes and everything will be fine.
No, I don't think I'll be leaving.
Should we get involved? I was going to ask.
It's like I didn't realize NRG was a reputable third party
source for for research. Yeah, because if I'm, if it's
such a reputable source, like I don't know if I'm donating to
NRG, for example, Yeah, I don't. I just don't know who it is.
OK, yeah, she, you know, Doctor Magnolia begins to like, cower.
And he's like, oh, no. And he puts his head in his
hands and the EV looks very sad and disturbed.
And the woman says, very well, you've left me no choice.
And she will have you roll initiative I guess.
Can I also send out Fang in like with the?
This sure is that will be an initiative.
You can start initiative with, we'll say with one Pokémon of
your choice. OK, initiative is plus decks 16.
I create initiative. Nice.
I was going to ask if it would make sense that while this
interaction was going on, I could go and try and find like
Delaney, as like a, oh, like we found some energy, like they're
doing suspicious stuff. Or if you all wanted to stay
there. You can do that in initiative.
You're welcome to do that. It will be a different You won't
be participating in whatever's happening, but you're.
Welcome, that is a that is a good idea.
Right. Yeah.
Just to like help keep it away from the public and like keep
this contained. OK, well do you want me to roll
an initiative to like for when I do that?
Yes, yeah, you'll be. Order of this yes.
Correct. That is a 16.
OK, so crit 16, what was yours? Cindy 16 What's your total on
your crit? For initiative, it's actually -1
or is it? Hold on, not zero.
I don't get anything added. OK, it's a critical success, so
I'll let you go 1st and then this woman is next and then LED
and then Cindy, Right? Gimli, what do you do?
Got 6 seconds. So she's a person with Malamar,
I guess. Yeah, Malamar is doing something
all. Right.
Well, I guess Trevor's coming out, but that's a that's a
freebie for the opener. Yep.
It'd be a shame if Malamar had disadvantage because fangs out.
Oh, OK. For it's the next attack, right?
Yeah. But doesn't know is that
reasonable he. Doesn't know that, yeah.
But he doesn't know it's there. What do you mean?
Well, I mean like. Like is it obvious that Cindy
sent out thing like his? Thing like right by the whole
ass salaments. Yeah, that's right.
I I think we can talk, we can discuss.
I think flavor wise it makes the most sense to send something out
on your turn unless it's already out.
Yeah, to like reveal yourself. Like unless you reveal yourself
at the start of combat like I think it does make more sense
flavor wise. Yeah, OK.
If you're OK with that, OK. Yeah, I guess I'll, I'll send to
Malabar. OK, sure.
We'll. Just let it RIP.
DC19 strength save. OK, that is a dirty 20.
They will pass the save. Cool, so 7 damage not
restrained. It's something.
It's pretty good. It is something, yeah, that's a
start. OK, anything else for your turn?
No, I believe that's it. OK, that brings us to this
mysterious woman's turn. She will gesture to let Doctor
Magnolia like finish this and like to get all the capsules
into the location wherever they're going.
And it's not fully clear in your view.
He scrambles and says yes. And he grabs the last two
remaining capsules and begins to run them over to a location
that's kind of like behind a rock, behind a tree.
And this woman will instruct her Mallomar to what would do.
Great question. It will subject Trevor, Gimli
LED and Cindy to a wisdom saving throw.
DC-17. So 4 OK.
I got a 14. OK.
Yeah, Trevor's going to protect that to negate it.
OK, then I got a 17. You got a 17 meets, it beats it.
Yes, meets it, beats it. So Elodie and Cindy are subject
to like a incredible feeling of discomfort and fear and they
experience like visions of like swirling dark abyss and like
evil screams and laughter and they feel very uncomfortable and
they are petrified. They are just simply saying
place frozen in fear. Trevor is negated and Gimli
experiences this, but he has the willpower to kind of
breakthrough it and he's not going to let that happen.
And that's going to be their turn.
LD unable to move will. You can reattempt that save at
the end of your turn, which is right now DC-17 wisdom.
So is this like an area effect thing?
Because like, OK, I was going to say because like, do they know
that we're here or like that we're involved in this fight?
I got a 5 so no. OK, Cindy, you're welcome to
reattempt this saving throw against this terror. 14. 14 damn
on your next turn it will decrease by one give.
Me six turns to maybe. It seems like this squid Pokémon
is quite potent. It seems like there's a
significant power behind it that is like almost unnatural.
Gimli, it's back to your turn. I'm going to kick up a sandstorm
since he's going to continue to use that stuff, and then I will
say unto him again, OK, to attempt to break it.
So that's a 19 strength save again this time.
A-17 will not make it. No.
So I can continuously entombed them?
Yeah, they were strained on failure and then I can continue
to entomb them for free. Nice.
OK. Team in the last five turns or
until they decide to break free. OK, yeah.
So Malamar is entombed. It seems that it's evil gaze has
not shifted, but it is kind of being pushed and whirled around
by the sand tomb. Very good.
It is evil people's turn. It's in these last 6 seconds.
Doctor Magnolia was able to get the capsules back in the portal.
And he stands up and like turns to face Emily.
I was like, I did it like, we're good.
And she goes over and she's going to make a roll.
She succeeds. She stabs him in the neck with a
syringe that she pulled from her pocket from from behind and he
collapses to the ground. And she drags him through the
portal. Malamar, while spinning around,
is going to lash out with its tentacles at Trevor does a 28
hit. It does.
OK this is a payback so considering it just took damage
will do boosted damage rolling. That is a 66 points of dark type
damage. As Malamar tentacles.
They lash into Trevor with a sinister energy and not only do
they strike incredibly hard like like a whip, but they also leave
like a residue of like bad vibes like malintent.
Like there's a sinister like Gimli can feel it too.
Like after they connect with Trevor.
It's just like your brain is filled with bad thoughts and it
is quite terrifying. That is going to be the baddest
turn LED reattempt your save. DC-16 Wisdom Save.
I failed. OK, I would let you make an
ability check for free that isn't Marshall.
If you want you can pass it but. With that, could I, could that
be like a perception to see if I know where like the police or
like where Delaney might have gone?
Sure, you can do a perception. Like around OK 18. 18 is pretty
good. There's a lot of people around.
There's a lot of noise, a lot of chatter, a lot of activity.
You get the feeling that like you can tell a couple people
have like looked over like oh what's going on over there.
None of my business and they haven't caught on to anything
bad happening. As far as police specifically,
not sure you are kind of towards the residential area more in the
scientific area of Moss deep and you don't see any sort of
authority or enforcement present Cindy, you may re attempt ADC 16
Wisdom safe to no longer be terrified 1111 not a pass.
You're welcome to make one free ability check.
So because I'm petrified, I can't move.
Correct. Can I scream?
You will need to make AI don't want to say no.
You're going to have to make a hard con check because you're
currently kind of paralyzed. I'm going to say, let's just say
your con's bad 14 give me ADC 14 con check. 10.
OK, you are too scared to do anything.
The visions flood your mind and you feel more scared than you've
ever been in your life, except maybe when you were fighting
Deoxys. Gimli, back to you at the top.
OK, so Malmar's still restrained so I can choose to sand to him.
However. Oh, actually he failed that.
I forgot to roll the damage on that.
For reference, the damage was 18 last turn because we forgot to
count that. But seeing as that hit was kind
of absurd, I'm actually going to go for an Iron Defense knowing
that they can't just leave because they're still trapped in
Sand Tomb, they have to try to escape.
Got it. So yeah, I'm going to lock in an
Iron Defense and I think they take damage at the start of
their turn from Sandstorm because I did kick that on last
turn. Sandstorm.
Yeah, sure, their proficiency bonus, they will take damage.
Cool. Then just the iron defense is
good and that's my turn on that one.
OK, very good. It is back to this individual's
turn. She will get close to Gimli and
be very candid, Not like close, but like within speaking
distance. She says my name is Emily, I
work for Team Neo Rocket Galactic.
If you do not release my Malamar right now, many innocent people
will get hurt. It is your decision and she
doesn't do anything with Malamar.
Malamar just spins in the sand tomb.
Elodie, it is your turn. All right.
DC-15 Wisdom Save. I have still failed.
OK, you may make one free check I'm.
Trying to think like kind of want to insight but I don't
really know what I'm looking for.
I guess like what she means by that.
Like how how our actions would lead to many innocent people
getting hurt. Curious, It's not the first time
that NRG has made a claim such as this.
Do you want to do like an insight to see how that might
particularly like materialize? Right, exactly.
Sure. Yeah, go for it. 15.
OK, as far as you can tell, as far as everything that you've
seen, you've been outside for quite a while now.
It's like 8:00 PM in Moss Deep. You've not seen or suspected any
mysterious NRG dealings. If Semli's threat is to be taken
seriously, you just do not know what she is talking about.
Yeah, you would just not be sure.
OK, I have some. I'm starting to get some
theories, but. Your insight role is enough to
know that she's not playing, that she means what she's
saying, but you just don't know. What that is OK, gotcha.
Cindy, it is your turn. DC-15 Wisdom safe. 14.
So close, you may make an ability check of your choice
that does not involve your body. Or if you want to do something
with your body, it's going to be really.
Hard. I'm just trying like it's hard
to do anything because Cindy's just like a A to do things like
throw myself at things or throw my Pokémon at things.
Yeah, I'm not very smart. You don't have to do anything.
You're you're welcome to just pass.
OK. OK, Gimli, it is back to you.
Will you heed Semli's call? She made an introduction.
How? How?
How professional. I'm an attempt to restrain her,
OK. Yeah.
You're just going to just fucking tackle?
Her. Yeah, OK, She got too close to
me. OK, yeah, go for it.
Go. I guess.
Contested strength probably right for the grapple.
Yep. OK, she got a 19.
I got a 22. OK, very good.
Yeah, you can just grab her, I guess.
Grapple her. I suppose I'm.
Going to grapple her and then like I, I guess it's, it's not
really a, is it a damage move? I'm going to attempt to just
squeeze her. OK, yeah, unless you're in
center, where I don't think you can grapple and attack in the
same term. That's fair, that's fine, but
I'll still have her restrained. OK, cool.
Yeah, no. No, I'm going to be candid.
You've been hurting people for a long time and you're going to
continue to hurt people whether it's my fault or not.
I don't believe it's true. Very good.
Tell her you obliterated Yuri. It's time to obliterate Sevilly
as well. Very good.
Anything else on your turn? I guess Malmar didn't do
anything, huh? Last turn.
No, he's simply like, biting. We're going to Trevor Iron
defense again. OK.
Just really get those defenses going.
Yeah, to say to break the concentration anyway, so.
OK, as you have, it's her turn. Assemblies restrained on the
ground. She says you've left me no
choice. Behold the corruption of malice.
And as she says this instruction, Malamar's like
face, just like expands Into Darkness and it hovers into the
sky. And there's a brilliant flash.
And then all of a sudden dozens of black wispy evil tentacles
emerge from all over its body and it begins lashing in every
direction and striking at Cindy and LED, who cannot do anything
because they are static. It will strike LED with an 18
for armor class and it will miss Cindy because they got a natural
one somehow. But these evil tentacles of just
dark energy erupt from its body and it lashes out at LED and it
deals cut in half because human on Pokémon 76 points of damage
cut in half since. Christ.
To Elodie's petrified body, she gets an additional chance to
break out of her terror right right now.
That is, that would have not happened.
Yeah, that was cut in half, yes. All right.
Just verifying. Jesus stop rolling zolo.
OK I got a cigs. OK, not, not going to work.
Yeah. So Malamar is kind of like
floating into the sky and it's becoming like an eldritch
monster. Basically.
It's there's something happened when she said those words,
Corruption of malice where it's beginning this transformation
that reminds you of like certain aspects, Pokémon that you are
familiar with and that you've met.
But there's something different about this.
It's like not natural, it's not correct.
It's not like, it's not something that is like beholden
as like a responsibility or a gift.
This is like a misuse of a great power.
That's what it looks like to you.
And there's this big monster and people are starting to notice
what is that giant evil squid in the sky.
And there's quite a bit of commotion.
Things are not looking good. People are zipping, they're
running, they're getting out of there, and some chaos is
beginning to unfold. It's LED's turn you make ADC 14,
check. Other things are still
terrifying, but the thing that is petrifying you is starting to
wear off. Maybe question mark, even though
what your eyes are beholding is quite terrifying.
Natural 20. Natural 20 you see this
transformation, you're like, oh shit, I got to do something.
What will LED do? Oh God, what will I do?
You know what I just realized right now in this moment, is
that what what did I I gave the ability patch to cabbage, Yes.
And I got Romevale. What does a Romevale do again?
All allies within 15 feet automatically save Wisdom saves.
What's all do I for gore? Damn.
Oh my God. Damn, that would have been nice.
To it'll never be useful again and.
It'll never be useful again. Yeah, it's like now I know.
And I learned the hard way. God.
Damn, this would have been a little different experience,
right? I would have been like, where's
the police? Get the police, not the police
would have helped you. They have a fucking get.
Through yeah right like they're fucking well they at least have
Gothatel to like trap her here so like you wouldn't have had to
do that but I guess it's like super matter I am going to oh
here we go here's what I'm going to do I'm going to have cabbage
use irresistible charge on on the.
Monster. So yeah, it has to make ADC 16
wisdom save OK. So you know this creature which
we will dub as a corruption, has advantage on mental base saves.
Understand. We'll have a nice day.
I'm still going to try. It gets a 22 to save that one
OK. Well, bang, OK, that's a free
action. So yeah.
And generally people, people are just like confused, like what is
going on? No, they're straight scared.
They're not. Like what?
Is they're they're like. Wow, what's going on?
Oh wow, an eldritch monster. What do I like to make sure
they're? Gonna want to study the
eldritch. Monster.
Yeah, Riley, I'd take a picture. I'd, I'd be, I'd be like, oh
hell yeah, let's take a picture of the eldritch.
Monster. They're more interested in the.
Cave and like. Rocks and stuff.
Bunch of boring science nerds. How far away is it?
We're going to say no less than 20 feet.
OK, I've got a crazy idea which is throw cabbage at it and then
activates extra Harry. Wow.
But I don't know if that would work just like put it in a
bubble. That's this cute thought.
I I would you can certainly try throw cap.
Just like a yeep, I'm catching you in my giant pokeball.
I mean, that would keep it here and keep everyone else safe from
it. That's like the only thing I can
think of to do to keep everyone else safe and.
Then put throw assembly back in her hole without Malamar.
Sorry, this is ours now. We're taking this guy under our
rest. You fuck it, I'm going to try.
Go cabbage. Go.
So I'm going to need strength or decks could be Athletics, I
don't think it would be Acrobatics I don't think you're
proficient in. Either yeah, I don't, yeah, I
don't have either. So that's.
This is This is not going to be easy.
You're going to throw your. Outfit.
No, I don't think so. Right.
More. Than 20 feet I need a 19.
I think 90 or higher. I'm gonna try anyways.
Create it. Create it.
I can't read. That it's it's not an IT.
I got an 18 the. Damn.
Is that with your modifiers? Yeah, that's that's with my I
have +3 ducks and I rolled a 15 and I'm not provision in.
I can't. Believe you didn't inspire
yourself. Yeah.
Oh, shoot. I should have done that.
Well, don't. You have a notice action still,
isn't that what that? Is.
Can you give yourself an inspiration?
Can I inspire myself as I'm doing this?
It's. Already too You, you, you
rolled. I'm gonna say I feel like it's
too late. It has to be before the roll,
I'm sorry. Right.
Exactly. No, that's that's totally
entertainable. Did you rolled really high,
which I will cut you a break for?
So you do Chuck cabbage. Without a doubt, this is your
plan to contain this beast. And you throw cabbage and you
throw it into the monster and it collides with his body.
And like you see, it gets lashed with like little tiny black
tentacles that emerge from exactly where it was thrown.
And then it gets like slammed like one of the tentacles
reaches out and then like dunks cabbage onto the ground.
And because of your high roll, I will not force cabbage to make
sanctuary. Say cabbage.
She can still be active and up, which is great.
She's going to take a whole bunch of fall damage as well as
an attack damage. So let me see her fall damage.
Well, you can roll the fall damage.
I'll roll the attack. 2D6 of fall damage, please.
OK. That's not so bad.
Now it's fine. OK, she takes 7 of that.
OK, and then as she gets forced into the ground with a proximity
attack from this terrible monster, she takes well, she
resists, thankfully, right? 31 points of dark damage.
Fine, she's. Fine.
And then she falls onto the ground.
So. Cindy or no, Ellie has more
stuff. Maybe I was.
Just going to say so the is this what trauma was a free action?
Throwing her was an action. Do I have any?
Do I? Am I allowed another thing or is
that it? Do you?
Yeah, You did 2 actions, right? You did 2 actions.
I guess if like if waking myself up out of being.
Yes, that is a that is a thing. That is a concentration.
OK, OK, I'm good then. Cindy, DC 1514 Wisdom Save. 19.
19 Cindy, you snapped out of it. You get an action.
What are you doing? I'm going to send out Fang.
OK, welcome Fang the Mighty Salamits quadrupedal blue dragon
with Red Wings. So.
Because we're in combat, do I still get to use intimidate
because it says on their first turn of combat you may impose
it? Sure, the corruption of Malice
is immune to intimidation, persuasion, and deception.
Fully immune. So it.
Doesn't matter anyway. Doesn't matter.
OK, it fangs out. In honor of that, I could give
you one thing for fame, just for fun, because you've been pent up
for a while and you deserve it. What's the dragon breath?
OK, sure. Is that that's a save for them.
Yeah, DC18 deck save. OK, they get to a four, you can
roll full damage. So they failed by 5 or more,
correct? Yep, they're paralyzed.
OK, so 10 + 1020 damage. OK, perfect.
Yeah, 20 points of dragon type damage as a dragon breath
connects with this monstrous Mallomar's body.
It seems that it has been struck with a status effect, but it
does not seem to care. For some reason.
It does not cleanse it. It is, in fact, paralyzed, but
there is no sort of. It does not mind is what it
should be said. I'm going to throw.
I'm going to pay a visit to Schmidt.
I think Schmidt, you're hanging out with Ryan and Alicia.
You're playing Brookses Hold'em and you're kind of catching up
and you're trying to like, play it cool, play it comfortable.
All of a sudden an alarm blares and everyone in the barracks is
like, oh, shit. And they all stand up really
quickly and they're gathering their things.
And Ryan says, hey, Nick, and he chucks you at energy Uniform.
He says something's going on, we got to get ready.
Do you put it on? No.
OK, you just stand there. How how close am I to the
portal? It's about 25 feet.
OK, I as quickly and as dexterous as I can pocket one
all of the energy lunch tokens that I want.
OK. To the mission briefing about
the mission tomorrow, I want to try to snag that, OK, And then
just fucking book it back for the portal.
OK, a couple things as you're booking it back to the portal.
One, I'm going to need deck checks for gathering those.
Maybe just one, nothing too crazy.
DC14 will say you are drunk, you have disadvantage.
Disadvantage. OK, I hate to say it, but it's
true. My second was a crit so it's a
12 on the die +3. Just a flat decks check.
Yes. So that gets you 15.
OK, Barely good enough. Very good.
Yeah. You drop the uniform, and Ryan
says, what the hell? And the alarms are going off.
And everyone's kind of like the folks who are stacking
explosives by the portal are curious as to why you're doing
this, but they aren't going to stop you.
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hear a familiar voice. It says transmission from
Commander Artemis. Lunar demolition mission to
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I haven't seen them since I was in certain age here.
You can just find a random number or check.
Yeah, but let's put. It there made-up a number right
here. Now it's.
Just. Like 24 Yeah, Schmidt.
Saying it 20 more. That's even better if someone
else has a number actually OK these.
Are awful cool intent to cool. That this this one also got me.
I went back to the cold. But I call you Cinderella
because I'd be happy to be your Prince Charmander.
Oh. God.
That's good trash dude.