Tuesday
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Battle Legend
The Creed
Posts: 1,602
Trainer Class: 
Player Name: Martín 'Mars' Marzán
OOC Username: Stells
Arena Points: 138
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Post by Tuesday on Oct 17, 2022 22:22:43 GMT 9
Mars is moreso a salsa and bachata kind of guy and less so the line dancing kind, but when in Rome, you do as Romans do, and when standing in the garden of a haunted house that just so happens to be the setting for a virtual frat party, apparently that applies too.
Oh. Are the rhymes also making it into narration now? Maybe just a few.
”Ha! No worries, I gotcha!” In this life, confidence is always key, and that’s the thing about Tuesday: even when she has no idea what she’s doing, she’ll always act as if she were doing it flawlessly. Other people would perhaps worry about looking ridiculous or embarrassing themselves? But her? She just dances with Alice! to the tune of the fiddling. Once they’re done, a laugh leaves her, melodic as ever.
”Damn, that was no cha-cha,
but it was pretty #Badass.”
Especially given the cool shot that followed it.
Is Alice’s Chikorita a damn sniper or something?
”In contrast,
I think that guy over there could use a hand.”
She means h0lyn3v1l. Is she dissing him because he gave her the stink eye? Absolutely. But, of course, Tuesday beams with all the joyful innocence that can be mustered by an adorable little cat girl. She'd never be mean to anyone!
"Ancile, let’s do as we planned."
Yup, they totally had a plan. Absolutely. 100%.
The Cryogonal that had been spinning along with the rhythm of the music does as she demands, and once again, its AURORA BEAM colours the garden like a disco ball, aiming for the poké-pong table.
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Kath Ulu
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Hard Mode Survivor
Round 2
Posts: 171
Trainer Class: 
Player Name: Heather West
OOC Username: kathulu
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Post by Kath Ulu on Oct 17, 2022 22:59:15 GMT 9
Kath had another drink.
"Grookey! Get down from there!"
Grookey was dancing on the roof. He was swinging a t-shirt around his head that said "No Brakes", and no one had ANY idea how he got it.
"Wooo!" He yelled. "Branch poke!"
"Is he tryina say Spring Break?" Bulby asked, as he finished his drink and topped up Kath's.
"Jesus H..." Kath downed it out of necessity. "Grookey! Get down here now or I'm putting you back in the ball!"
Grookey paused. His eyelids drooped, and he looked at her with a sly grin.
"Gonna have to catch me first," he winked.
Then he jumped off the roof and ran.
"Shhhhit," said Bulby, half-cut.
"Ah, Bulby, cast stop Grookey," Kath tried, tipsy as hell.
"Not how that works," Bulby replied.
They chased him. Grookey ended up at the game, throwing a throw as best he could.
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"Yahtzee!" He yelled, before scampering off again.
"Dammit!" Kath said, as he leapt out of her grasp. "Bulby, use Vine Whip!"
"Okay," Bulby said, as he attacked the board too.
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"No!" Kath cried. "At Grookey!"
Bulby slapped himself in the face. "I thought that was Grookey."
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Alice!
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Lightbringer
Player Character
Posts: 129
Trainer Class: Specter
Player Name: Alex Davenport
OOC Username: Mari
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Post by Alice! on Oct 17, 2022 23:55:45 GMT 9
"You have a fantastic aim, my friend," said Alice as she half-stumbled over to her partner Pokémon waiting for her by the Poké-Pong table. She opened her arms for him and he willingly hopped up into her embrace so she could give him a squeeze. "I just got lucky," said Stella, humbly. "Twice in a row?" She shook her head disbelievingly as she watched more Poké-Pong tosses from other players not so lucky as she was. "What's more impressive is you've had how many drinks without ever needing to actually drink one from Poké-Pong yet," Stella commented. That was when orioncayge sauntered over with another drink in hand. "Whoops, I think I might've jinxed you."Alice grinned at the bandana-wearing player that approached, accepting the drink he offered her and trying not to sound too tipsy as she replied, "That seems like a fair trade! This forest beer stuff is starting to grow on me." When she downed her first swig this time, she couldn't even taste the weird foresty stuff that'd turned her off from it before. "My name is Alice!" she introduced herself enthusiastically, sticking out her hand for him instinctively to shake and unceremoniously dropping Chikorita from her arms. The action struck her off balance, and she had to briefly grab his forearm to prevent herself from stumbling. Things were starting to get a little swirly for her. What drink was she on now? "Sorry, sorry!" she sang an apology to both Orion and poor Stella, who was pressing his body against her legs like a scared cat. "Oh Stella, you should really try to get to know the other Pokémon," she encouraged him, but he stuck stubbornly to her side. He wasn't shy, exactly, but it was almost like he hadn't been socialized properly. "They're not going to bite... probably. Your team seems to get along well so far," she remarked to Orion. "Do you just... shove 'em all together and hope for the best? They're so different." She laughed as Dewpider skittered off to crow triumphantly to the pink-haired NPC who'd arrived with Mom.
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Post by Furrlicity Purrfection on Oct 18, 2022 0:01:07 GMT 9
Furrlicty is more than happy to hp his bro Finnegan Fjord do a kegstand. He even whoops and cheers along as the other gets wasted.
He almost drops him on the way down, which leads to a colorful "Ji-ral!" as he struggles to grab him again.
Many things happen all at once. Furrlicity had made his way back over to the cheese and milk products when no one was looking. He is not buzzed enough OR cool enough to get any hidden messages on his screen. Maybe next time.
It's kind of lame to be at a party hoarding the snackage, so reluctantly Furrlicity sighs and grabs two of those weird drinks. Trotting over to Big Bee (he seemed easy enough to bully), Furrlicity didn't waste time throwing an arm around the other and pushing one of the cups into his hands.
"Drink up! Then come try the queso. It's amazing." Furrlicity help up his own cup to toast with Big Bee. If the other accepted, he would somehow do his best to get the other man to drink them both. Like the tricky bastard he was.
Meanwhile, Furrlicty had left his pokemon to their own devices.
The Audino was huffy, as was the Vulpix- both of them hated this and thought parties were lame. But at least Shroomish was having fun! He was busy shooting Bullet Seeds at the drinks to knock them over when no one was looking. Causing a mess and all that.
It was with gentle (read: fiery) encouragement that Vulpix got him more on task. Which was beer pong.
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Post by Ladybug on Oct 18, 2022 2:49:12 GMT 9
 Round 2: Drink Till We're Offline
#Buzzedness #Winning #BadassAs drinks flow and cups fall like large, cup-shaped dominoes, the scoreboard clicks up. The keg pours fourth an unceasing stream of dark, delicious beer, and every cup downed leaves the drinker wanting another.
Cups are refilled, but it's clear something is different. The keg feels warm to the touch, and with each beer poured, little flakes of dark soot crumble off, sticking to the partygoers' hands.
One of the bros picks a maple leaf out of his beer, tossing it to the ground.
And as the scores rise, more notifications follow.
{Previous Notifications}
Players with 3+ Buzzedness see the following.
This beer sure is good! Time for another?
Players with 5+ Buzzedness get an additional notification.
Chug chug! Praise the keg!
Players with 3+ Winning see the following.
The shadows squirm, painting warnings on the walls.
BUZZEDNESS
Players with +8 Buzzedness see the following.
Share the party with your party!
A little dice rolls in the corner of Bergamot Gristleborg and Big Bee's UI. Faces with 1, 2, or 3 dots flash past in quick succession before rolling to a stop.
No further information is displayed.
Players with +10 Buzzedness see the following.
Make an offering!
In the corner of his screen, Big Bee sees another dice roll.
2! Rian the Thwackey has been chosen!
Big Bee feels himself pulled to the keg, compelled to touch it. He drops his cup of beer and presses both hands against the hard, curved surface. It's warm to the touch, and as he makes contact with the keg a familiar popup appears.
> PRAY OR SACRIFICE?
WINNING
There is no UI popup for players reaching high levels of Winning. Instead, Alice!, Tuesday, and Finnegan Fjord see their world change.
The same dark miasma that shrouds the keg has spread, engulfing Bergamot Gristleborg's Mudkip and Big Bee's Thwackey and Baby Groudon. The darkness seeps into the Pokemon, and to the eyes of the trio they are changed.
Eyes open along Thwackey's body, blinking out of sync. Dozens of eyes the color of burning leaves. Mudkip's slick skin melts like hot tar, sloughing off and leaving puddles of burning ichor on the lawn. Groudon's movements grow stiff, wooden, and its ruby-red plates darken to a sooty black that cracks and flakes as it moves.
These changes are only visible to players with +5 WINNING.
The shadows at the edge of the party lengthen, stretching out from under the fence and the tables. Long-clawed stalkers with eyes the same color as Thwackey's edge closer to the party guests.
These monsters are only visible to players with +5 WINNING.
Finnegan Fjord notices something more. A whisper. Crackling words, almost lost in a flurry of broken leaves. But as he listens he picks out pieces of a rhyme. A story.
BADASS
Players with +3 BADASS see the following.
Sick moves! Keep it up!
As it happens, the only people who see this notification are Alice! and Tuesday, and as the popup blinks in their UI they notice something far more worrying.
The shadow creatures have stopped approaching the party guests, and have started to turn. One after another, pair after pair of burning eyes turn and fix on them.
Poké-Pong!
The board is still thick with tiles, the message underneath still tantalizingly covered. "Partastic moves out there!" Chadwick says, jogging over to Alice! with a new card. "You and Tuesday really tore it up! And Finnegan Fjord? Sick kegstand my man!" He offers a fist for you to pound, before bending down to offer the same to Alice's Chikorita. "Same goes for you little Brokémon! Leaf it to the brofessionals, amirite?" He stands up and offers the shield card to Alice.
Card 4: Hot PotatoTo Alice!'s eyes, both the Hot Potato card and the Cowboy Dance card suddenly hold more than text. They are both marked with strange, ichorous symbols.
"Okay guys, enough 'Pong for now. I think we're all ready for the main event: The Scavenger Hunt!"
The crowd cheers! Several bros finish their drinks, and there is a short-lived cheer of "Praise the Keg!" before attention falls back onto C0D13:Chadwick
"Did I say Scavenger Hunt? I actually meant Murder Mystery scavenger hunt," he said, a smile playing across his face. "That's right! Just like in Clue! I know my man Tripp knows what I'm talking about!"
"Woo!"
"Praise the Keg!"
"Right on! So, it's kinda like Clue, except you don't know the people or any of the possible murder weapons beforehand. All you know is the places!"
Chadwick opens the door, and a UI popup appears.
Bronstanton Manor is now UnlockedDetails- The house is now accessible!
- You can post as many times as you want this round.
- You can still play Poké-Pong
- You can upgrade skill trees during this challenge, and if you started with less than 3 Pokemon you can catch more and add them to your team.
There will be a mid-round update in 48 hoursThe round will end 6:00am 23rd of October (Eastern Time)
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Finnegan Fjord
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Rival
Player Character
Posts: 455
Trainer Class: Swimmer
Player Name: Cillian Quinn
OOC Username: thorn
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Post by Finnegan Fjord on Oct 18, 2022 3:27:09 GMT 9
Finn fist bumps Chadwick. "Thanks, bro."
Man, now he really feels like he's in college again. He misses college. Back when he'd thought he'd have a career that didn't involve the family business.
Nope. No room for depressing thoughts on this crazy train.
Thankfully, he's distracted by the whispering in his head and the shadowy figures that creep in from the sidelines.
"Ha... ha... does anyone else see that? Or hear it?"
He looks to Furrlicity Purrfection and Tuesday for confirmation, as always.
His Pokemon, meanwhile, are still trying to tear up the Poke-Pong board. Figuratively, though Monarch seems to be taking it a bit more literal. And, well, maybe Caiman as well, considering the Croconaw tries to hit a tile with ERUPTION.
"Woah, WOAH, careful with the fire!"
Mudkip tries to help put it out with WATER PULSE, and Monarch's THUNDER FANGS aren't trying to help anyone at all. We love that for her, really. The chaos of it all.
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Tuesday
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Battle Legend
The Creed
Posts: 1,602
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Player Name: Martín 'Mars' Marzán
OOC Username: Stells
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Post by Tuesday on Oct 18, 2022 4:27:29 GMT 9
"Uhmm…"
There’s something seriously fucked up going on at this party. Until now, Tuesday had been pretty dismissive about it, figuring that it was just the Round 2 bros trying to be “spooky” or something, but the way the shadows shift and change sends a chill running down her spine, and it no longer feels like just a stupid college prank. Are the shadows watching her? Sure, Tuesday usually assumes people are watching her, because she’s fucking amazing like that, but this feels different.
"Dude, there’s some creepy shit going on here. Hard to describe…" She says in response to Finnegan Fjord question, her gaze still remaining fixed on the shadows that she’s now sure are also watching her. "Major exorcism movie vibes."
Despite it all, she still rhymes, without even realising she’s doing as much, but as if to emphasise on Tuesday’s own feelings, a new notification is displayed by her UI the moment she grabs another drink in an attempt to distract herself:
CHUG CHUG! PRAISE THE KEG!
Seriously? Is this some religious shit?! The keg also looks weird as fuck now…
Wait… Praise…
"...This is like some shrine shit."
”I swear, if there’s some demonic shit waiting to possess us or something in the house, I’m out. Game or no game.”
"Okay, help me figure out what this table says, we might wanna split."
That part is meant for her pokémon, and this time, the strat she gives them is a little bit different. Well… Just what Ancile does, really.
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"Good one, Chariot. Let's see..." The only one who hit a super effective tile is the only one who gets praise, obviously. She squints at the table, trying to figure out what it says. "Nope! See you at the VIP."
With that said, she steps towards the house. Why not, right? Nothing to lose and all of that...
Oh, but first...
"Here, you look like you need this. It's on me." Pausing by Ruby's side, Tuesday passes her the golden solo cup filled with questionable liquid. Then she just winks and continues on towards the door.
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Bergamot Gristleborg
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Muddy Girl
Mythstar
Posts: 403
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Player Name: Chryssa Glasgow
OOC Username: M00K
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Post by Bergamot Gristleborg on Oct 20, 2022 11:19:35 GMT 9
It's all fun and games. Share the party WITH your party!'Til dice are rolled, and fates are changed. Jack the Mudkip has been chosen!
Morgana watched the little indicator in the corner of her vision as it rolled to a stop, a single dot on its surface staring back at her like a singular eye. Then she looked at Jack. At first glance, nothing seemed different. No aura, no status effect, no collectable hat. "Well? Do you feel 'chosen'?" she asked the Mudkip, who didn't respond. No 'peep peep' or cautionary advice about drinking too much. Instead, slowly, the Pokemon's head turned until he was looking over his shoulder at something else. "...Are you even paying attention?"Beady black eyes bored into Tuesday and Alice!. Even to Morgana, something about Mudkip's usually wide, comical face didn't seem so cute anymore. "...Anyway, I suppose I'll find out later," Bergamot said, annoyed. She tried to dismiss the uneasy feeling by flouncing back over to the Poke Pong table, where a significant portion of the board had been revealed. It swam behind the blurry filter the game had applied to her vision, but it looked like it said Shout. "Oho, what's this? Rainbow, Wolverine, attack!"Never one to change up her moves even when they weren't working out for her, the Gyarados lunged forward with Ice Fang and Klefki huffed and puffed and rattled the cups with fairy wind. l27ELXrt1-201-20 hit, drink | reroll 1-20reroll 1-20miss, drink As she collected her drinks, brushing away flakes of soot, Bergamot noticed Big Bee approaching the keg. How drunk is he? she wondered as she saw him place both hands on the dark wood. Was he going to try and tip it over? Twould be a party foul of epic proportions, Bergamot mused, narrow-eyed. She was a natural-born villain. So of course she felt compelled to join the man at the keg, to lay her stained hands reverently on the warm wood beside his. It was a futile endeavor, of course. One touch, and Morgana knew it was well beyond her means to destroy. ...And why would she want to? They were having so much fun.The dice rolled again, but she barely noticed it. She was transfixed by the popup which had appeared. pray or sacrifice?"My my, what a pretty pickle," she murmured out loud. She was debating whether to sacrifice one of her Pokémon just to see what would happen when Ladybug:Chadwick announced what she'd been waiting for. "Murder Mystery Scavenger Hunt!" Bergamot breathed, clasping her hands to her busom like a wealthy lady receiving fortuitous news from a courtier. "Say more right now!" At last, the mansion would be hers to pillage and traipse about! Quickly, she knelt on the grass and composed a prayer to the keg. "Grow terrible and strong," she prayed. "May your followers chug, your apostles hold their liquor, and your enemies have hangovers. Amen, praise the keg." With that, Bergamot hoisted up her skirts and hurried back over to the manor gates to stand in line, or await further instructions. Rainbow, Wolverine, and the mysteriously silent Jack joined her as well, leaving ichorous footprints in his wake. 1-20·1-20·1-20·1-20 |
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Alice!
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Lightbringer
Player Character
Posts: 129
Trainer Class: Specter
Player Name: Alex Davenport
OOC Username: Mari
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Post by Alice! on Oct 20, 2022 11:55:50 GMT 9
Though she could hear faint pings of notifications, Alice herself hadn't received a new one with any kind of update from the party. She glanced around to ask if her UI was bugging out, but strangely some areas of the party were getting... dark and hazy, almost. Was this some effect from the forest beer she'd had a bit too much of? But she didn't feel drunk, especially not when she noticed a Mudkip near her staring straight at her as its skin slid off its body--. "Stella? Stella??" He must've heard the fear in her voice because he immediately leaped into her arms. "Am I imagining things, or is that Mudkip..?" She looked at her Chikorita as he stared at the other Pokémon, but there was nothing like horror or anything similar in his expression when he gave her a questioning look. "Never mind, then. Maybe it's the forest beer." Why had her fun Pokémon game suddenly turned into a horror game? She steered well clear of horror games for a reason. Maybe it was just some truly awful glitching. Well, until it resolved itself, Alice was going to stick herself in the middle of the crowd of players who were still goofing off like nothing strange was happening at all. There was safety in numbers, surely. "Maybe you should have some water," Stella suggested, hopping back down as she retreated further into the crowd of people surrounding Poké-Pong. A sense of normalcy seemed to return as Chadwick jogged up to her, Tuesday, and Finn with that bro-ish enthusiasm and another card for her. Hot Potato. Except, the card seemed to be partially-obscured by strange symbols. "What the...?" Just another glitch, she supposed. Only half-listening to the announcement of a murder mystery scavenger hunt, she continued staring at the card until it felt like her eyes were crossed. Despite thinking it was a glitch, there was also a part of her drawn toward the tantalizing idea that it was all a puzzle to be solved too. But she couldn't make sense of the strange symbols, so when the UI appeared the manor was now open, she supposed she'd go and join them. "One more round of Poké-Pong before we head in?" she asked Stella. He shrugged in assent, and she smiled and pulled out her Pokéball. "How about some company, then, to help you out?" In a flash of light, Kirby and Mushroom appeared next to Stella. She glanced nervously around the party, dozens of eerie eyes still glued on her, and looked back at her Pokémon. Just ignore the creepiness and focus on Pokémon beer pong..."Maybe we should've skipped the Poké-Pong this time," Alice laughed. She'd squeezed all the luck out of the game that was possible for her during the first couple rounds, apparently. "You should really be drinking water!" Stella advised as he skittered after her. "Rules are rules," Alice shrugged, finding the table where the jello shots were and knocking back the first two easily. The third she kinda had to choke down, but made it there in the end. "If you can find water, I'll drink it," she told her worried partner. "Oh! I almost forgot about this thing." She pulled out the Hot Potato card again, and looked around for a new friend. She could see someone nearby, apparently attempting to wrangle a mischievous Grookey. None of the Pokémons' skin was falling off, so Alice figured they would be a safe haven from the strange, darker corners of the party. "Hi!" she chirped, bouncing up to Kath Ulu. "I'm Alice, what's your name? And, uhh..." How to approach this question. "Have you noticed anything... strange at the party yet? Besides the usual Pokémon oddness. Like creepy-strange?" She was certain she sounded crazy, but wanted to know if anyone else was experiencing the glitches she was. "Like... can you see the weird symbols on this thing?" She handed them the Hot Potato card.
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Kath Ulu
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Hard Mode Survivor
Round 2
Posts: 171
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Heather West
OOC Username: kathulu
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Post by Kath Ulu on Oct 20, 2022 12:49:31 GMT 9
She could see someone nearby, apparently attempting to wrangle a mischievous Grookey. None of the Pokémons' skin was falling off, so Alice figured they would be a safe haven from the strange, darker corners of the party. "Hi!" she chirped, bouncing up to Kath Ulu . "I'm Alice, what's your name? And, uhh..." How to approach this question. "Have you noticed anything... strange at the party yet? Besides the usual Pokémon oddness. Like creepy-strange?" She was certain she sounded crazy, but wanted to know if anyone else was experiencing the glitches she was. "Like... can you see the weird symbols on this thing?" She handed them the Hot Potato card.
Kath turned with her eyelids half-mast as Alice! approached her.
"Hellooo," Kath said, mid-sip. "Alice," Kath over-annunciated the name. "Alice!"
Grookey and Bulby kept playing the game.
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"Man, we're the best at this game!" Bulby cheered.
"I haven't missed the board once!" Grookey replied.
Kath focused on Alice, her new drinking buddy. "My name is Cthulhu. That's K-A-T-H, Spacebar, U-L-U."
She extended a hand and shook the card firmly. "Pleased to meet you."
Kath looked at the card. Narrowed her eyes. Squinted. Tried to hold the letters steady.
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"Well, it ain't English," she slurred. "Definitely some weird symbols on it."
"Watcha got?" Grookey asked, suddenly standing behind Kath. His eyes were glued onto the card as if it were made of gold.
"Just a card my new drinking buddy gave me," Kath winked at Alice!. She waved the card in front of Grookey's face.
He snatched it.
"I don't think he can read," Kath said to Alice.
When she turned back to Grookey, he'd already eaten half of it.
"GROOKEY!"
"This is by far the worst party snack I've ever had," he said, chewing the rest of it.
Kath turned back to Alice!. "I am so FUCKIN' sorry," she yelled in her ear. "Monkey's drunkeys!"
Bulby had been listening in the whole time. "Whaddaya mean creepy stuff, man? We can't see anything weird."
"Seriuosly, sorry about your playing card," Kath said, beckoning Alice to follow her. "I bet there's another pack in the house!"
Kath, Grookey and Bulby entered Bronstanton Manor.
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Post by Ladybug on Oct 21, 2022 1:17:37 GMT 9
Round 2: Drink Till We're Offline
#Buzzedness #Winning #BadassBergamot Gristleborg's prayer is met with silence, at least silence on the part of any deity who may be listening. The rest of the party love it! "Woo! You heard her bros! Grow grow! Chug chug! PRAISE THE KEG!" Several people nearby finish the beers and kneel down next to Morgana to refill.
But for all the hubbub around the keg, there is one thing that only Alice!!, Tuesday, and Finnegan Fjord see.
As Morgana leaves the keg to head for the manor, the set of sentient keys drifting after her shudders and dips mid-flight. The lengths of cut brass and steel on Klefki's ring warp with rust, curling like the jagged claws of its namesake as Wolverine the Klefki undergoes a horrid transformation.
But nobody else notices the change, and Chadwick leads the merry party into the haunted house, gathering everyone around in the massive Foyer. "Okay gang, you all know the drill. Wait, actually, I should go over the drill first. Basically, there's been some killin' in the mansion and you rad bros are all here to figure out who done the whodunit."
Chadwick stands back, eyeing the players. Weighing them, metaphorically and statistically. "Now, everyone knows the best way to explore a haunted house is to split up and look for clues, so I'm dividing you into four teams." He swiftly splits the players into four perfect teams, each with its own awesome name.
Delta Thunder Force
Yggy Br00ks
Alice!!
Finnegan Fjord
Hyperspace Unhinged Grenade Serpent
Laguna
orioncayge
h0lyn3v1l
Blades of Righteous Obsidian
Ruby
Big Bee
Furrlicity Purrfection
Two Week Boogie
Tuesday
Bergamot Gristleborg
Moon Bunny
Kath Ulu
{Rooms and Items of Interest} Hall of Hammers Stretching elegantly from the Foyer to the spacious Dining Room is a hallway full of family portraits. The names are long and hyphenated, but all the men and women captured in the gorgeous oil paintings bear the same iconic square jaw and cheerful eyes. Since taking over the mansion, Round 2 have set up what can best be described as a 'gauntlet' of rubber hammer traps, each designed to be surprising, hilarious, and teambuilding, ideally going off in a Rube Goldberg-esque way, with each hammer triggering the next. Doors lead off the hallway into the Kitchen and the Training Room, and there is a set of stairs leading to the second floor. The stairs are currently blocked and unusable. {Items of Interest}
Inflatable Hammer: Normal move
Inflatable Hammer: Flying move + Rock move (TEAM)
Inflatable Hammer: Fire move + Steel move + Fighting move (TEAM)
Marshtomp: (Only available after hammers have been cleared) T3+ Swimmer Training Room On another day, this matted room would be full of some sick rock tunes and bros helping each other with deadlifts. At the moment it has been cleared out for the murder investigation, and somber, respectful rock plays from the boombox in the corner. Weights and punching bags litter the floor, but this room is for Pokemon training too, and there is plenty of specialized equipment. Insulated pads for electric types, fireproof pads for fire types, as well as plenty of stacks of clay tiles and wooden boards. Those last two aren't for any particular Pokemon, everyone just loves breaking them and looking cool. The door leading from the Training Room into the adjacent bedroom is currently locked. {Items of Interest}
Cracked Floorboards: Use Ground moves with over 200 Power (TEAM)
Scorch Marks: Kindler subclass or 2 Fire Pokemon
1000kg Weights: Requires 3 Badass total (TEAM)
Poliwrath: Black Belt subclass or 2 Fighting moves Kitchen Plenty of counter space, a double-doored fridge, a spice rack filled with every possible flavor enhancement, and plenty of natural light. This place is a DREAM. There's even room for a whole bookshelf of recipe books, and an indoor herb garden! You can be sure that the Round 2 bros have been putting this place to good use, whipping up plenty of hearty meals and brotein shakes, as well as mixing alcohol with everything left in the fridge to see what tastes good. The door leading from the Kitchen into the Backyard is currently locked. {Items of Interest}
Recipe Book: 0 Power Grass move + 0 Power Dark move (TEAM) - Moves with unlisted or ?? power count as zero
Vanillish: Ice Move + Ice Pokemon (TEAM)
Spice Rack: Sleep move + Poison move + Paralysis move (TEAM)
Fridge: Steel Pokemon + Electric Attack
Freezer: Freezer subclass Dining Room Wall shelves filled with knickknacks give this room a homey feel. There isn't an inch of space left on the walls, and visitors to this room can spend hours looking at the former owner's collections of ornate plates, steins (some recently used), and miniature clocks. The hundred or so clocks are all ornate and handmade, and tick perfectly in time, casting a slightly hurrying aura over the imposing dining table.The table itself is long enough to fit a party of fourteen on a single side, and each place set at the table has a frankly untenable number of tiny forks and spoons set beside their plate. {Items of Interest}
Silverware: Armorer subclass or 2 Steel moves
Suspicious Spill: Three different Psychic moves (TEAM)
Stained Wall: Gardener subclass + Swimmer subclass (TEAM)
Snubbull: Charmer subclass or 2 Fairy moves
Chadwick hands each team a manila folder with a list of six names. Well, there would be names if that information were currently available. All you can see at this point is the space where the details of the people involved will go. "Bring me anything weird you find and I'll help you fill in those blanks. My bros and I know a bit about this place already, but we're no detectives."
Details- Parts of the house are now accessible!
- You can post as many times as you want this round.
- You can still play Poké-Pong up to three times each round. Once per Pokemon you brought.
- You can upgrade skill trees during this challenge, and if you started with less than 3 Pokemon you can catch more and add them to your team.
- Consuming alcohol in UNOVR prompts a health and safety warning, and (if the player is under 21) the drink is changed to a non-alcoholic beverage.
- The forest beer on tap at this party has NO SUCH WARNING, and players can consume it regardless of age.
- Each round there will also be a Challenge Prompt hidden somewhere within the post. These will increase in difficulty and obscurity as the party progresses.
The round will end 11:59pm 27th of October (Japan Time)
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Bergamot Gristleborg
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Muddy Girl
Mythstar
Posts: 403
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Chryssa Glasgow
OOC Username: M00K
Arena Points: 37
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Post by Bergamot Gristleborg on Oct 24, 2022 21:26:43 GMT 9
"Someone's in the kitchen with 'Gaaaana..."The Vanillish in the room hid behind a flour canister, its ice cream heart pounding in its cone-shaped breast. Nearby, Bergamot helped herself to a container of frozen yogurt she'd found. The sweetness did little to soothe away the rank taste of forest beer, which lingered, unsettling and vile on her tongue. Her weird, quiet Pokemon hung back near the doorway, watching Tuesday with soulless eyes. "Someone's in the kitchen with fro-o-o-yo..."A popup appeared as she went to put the frozen yogurt back in the freezer. <USE AN ICE-TYPE MOVE?>"Oho! What's this? A clue!" Bergamot tucked her fro-yo back under her arm and spun around. "Rainbow, use your Ice Fang!"<My teeth are getting a little sore, actually,> Rainbow said, peeking in from the hallway. Its massive head squeezed through into the kitchen, frills hugging either side of the frame. <Did we ever clear that game we were playing? With all the cups, and the symbols?>"Don't worry about that now," Bergamot said after blinking for a moment at the sea serpent. It had never spoken before, but then again, her Pokemon Speech had gotten reset to default earlier. I keep forgetting, since they don't normally say anything. It made Jack's newfound silence particularly odd. Giving a serpentine 'shrug', Rainbow opened its enormous mouth. Frost collected around its jaws as it breathed out rime and winter, the temperature of the room dropping as the warm, peaceful atmosphere took on a sudden chill. Saliva dripped from daggerlike fangs and froze before it fell, becoming three-foot icicles. What should have been a terrifying sight was unquestionably reassuring to the Vanillish, who peeped out again at the sudden surge of cold, frosty air. <OBJECTIVE 1/2 complete. USE AN ICE-TYPE POKEMON?>
"A-ha! We're onto something!" No sooner did she speak that Morgana remembered she didn't have an ice-type Pokemon. Even her drippy Glaceon was a water-type due to the Type Mod she'd slapped onto it for Swimmer shenanigans. "Hmph! Well, I'm sure Tuesday has a Cryogonal. Are you out there?" she called, squeezing past Rainbow's bulk to try and spot the catgirl.
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Big Bee
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Bandana Guy
Round 2
Posts: 686
Trainer Class: 
Player Name: Bryan Nautilus
OOC Username: Ladybug
Arena Points: 49
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Post by Big Bee on Oct 26, 2022 0:35:37 GMT 9
Big Bee rested against the keg. Its soot stained his hands and forearms, and as he breathed, retched, and breathed again his lungs filled with quarter-sized flakes of soot. "Sweet Christ on a bike." he moaned, pressing his head hard against the outside of the keg, as if he could force the growing headache back into the void where his brain should have been. "Ten beers?" he asked himself, shuddering, "what was I thinking?"
True, some of them had been forced on him by bastardous bystanders, but all in all it was his fault for not giving up sooner at Poké-Pong.
People were swarming towards the door now, but he couldn't move. Not yet. "I need some water," he said, eyes closed. TKO offered him a cup of something that tasted more like hose water and less like the bottom of a leaf pile. "Thanks bud." He sipped what was probably water.
There was a alert from his UI, and Big Bee opened his eyes to see a popup.
Pray or Sacrifice?
He froze, eyes wide at the familiar prompt. He'd been to the giant shrine many times. But there was no shrine here, was there?
He swallowed, and reached out with a shaking hand to touch the PRAY prompt.
It flashed once, twice, slowly, as if waiting for him to say something. "Ugh, I pray that the board meeting tomorrow goes well. Wait. No. I pray it's cancelled. Wait. I can just cancel it myself. Ugh, I pray that..." he searched his pickled brain, trying to find something worth praying for, "I pray that I get Taka back soon."
The prompt blinked. "And, uh, praise the keg?"
The prompt disappeared, and there was a flash of warmth from the Keg.
Feeling better already, Big Bee hauled himself up, picked up Jam, and followed the others into the house. The thick, horrid cloud of forest booze buzzedness hadn't so much lifted as it had thinned, and he reached the Foyer just in time to get sorted into the team with the coolest sounding name. "Whoa! Okay, so, where to first?"
He headed for the Dining Hall. In his arms, Jam was making strange noises. He kept crunching, as if chewing on a stick or something. "That better not be one of Rian's sticks, or else she'll be furious." Big Bee looked back at Rian, but the Thwackey paid him no mind, just staring back down the corridor, at where they'd split with the other trainers.
"TKO! Anything interesting here?"
The little Clobbopus pointed a gloved hand at a stain that dribbled the whole length of the farthest wall. "Oh that looks strange. Yeah nice one! Maybe it's like, a haunted stain or something? It doesn't look like blood." Big Bee sniffed it. It smelled of mildew, but that could just have been the room as a whole. Despite the adorable knickknacks everywhere something about the place just screamed water damage. "Furrlicity Purrfection! Do you know anything about stains? I need a a second opinion."
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Yggy Br00ks
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Pikachu Fan
Round 2
Posts: 406
Trainer Class: 
Player Name: Kenneth Garfield
OOC Username: M00K
Arena Points: 68
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Post by Yggy Br00ks on Oct 26, 2022 1:27:54 GMT 9
"Aww, but I still wanted to solve the puzzle! Guys? Guys?"Why was everyone leaving? Did everyone want to explore the haunted house that bad? Was Poke Pong not hashtag #Badass enough for them? <I hate puzzles,> said Not-Watson from beneath the table, cleaning her whiskers. <Have I mentioned that?>"You're right, Watson, we should go after them," Yggy agreed, blissfully oblivious to the little water-type's words. Reluctantly, she turned from the wooden board with all its cool grooves and scratches and creepy symbols and trotted after the others towards the dark, ominous shape of Bronstanton Manor. "Hey, wait up, everyone! You forgot your Yggy!"Her trademark grin was back on her face by the time she caught up with her team, who'd just entered something called the... "Hall of Hammers? YOWCH!" The tomboy ducked too late as a huge inflatable hammer smashed down on her head, knocking her back on her butt. "Oh shoot! Man... guess I should have seen that coming."The blonde tried to get to her feet and the inflatable hammer immediately swung down again with ruthless force, forcing her to jump back. She almost backed into Finnegan Fjord and Alice!. "Oh hey Finn! Cool kegstand earlier! Like, seriously, it was so cool." She grinned at the redhead. "Can you show me how in the church later? I kinda wanna try next time!" Her gaze swung to the pink-haired girl. "Oh, and you're the chick who did the Cowboy Dance! Or Cowgirl dance? Anyway, that was pretty dope too. Oh yeah, what are we doing here again?"Not-Watson looked up from where she'd been pummeling the inflatable hammer with Revenge. <Clearing the hall of obstacles?>Chain-Chomp looked up from where he'd just buried a handful of Metal Claws into the plastic, which was now leaking air and deflating at a rapid rate. <Yup, we're gonna need a fire move to bust this thing open. Good thing we got a hottie on board already.> The Galarian Meowth winked a giant yellow eye at Alice. "Woah, my Pokemon love you guys!" Yggy said enthusiastically.
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Tuesday
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Battle Legend
The Creed
Posts: 1,602
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Martín 'Mars' Marzán
OOC Username: Stells
Arena Points: 138
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Post by Tuesday on Oct 26, 2022 14:31:44 GMT 9
"Hehe… mints… ehehehe…" The catgirl chuckles to herself when wandering into the manor, as if someone had just told her the funniest joke in the entire history of comedy. Maybe that weird forest beer really is getting to her after all. "Yo, Ancile… I should totally like… run a tea shop here or something…Get it? TEA? Tuesday’s… Tuesday’s Apothecary shop… Tuesday’s Something Apothecary Shop. Yeah! "
<'...That’d be T.S.A, my liege.'>
Heterochromic eyes narrow, garnet and sapphire fixing on the aloof sentient snowflake that is her companion. "It’s a work in progress, obviously."
Ancile visibly sighs. It’s visible because his breath rises in the manor’s air like a cloud of chilly mist. Since when is he so cheeky with her?!
<'...I believe your teammates are looking for you, my liege.'>
"...Who?"
She’s close to them, mind you. She’s just too damn preoccupied with her entrepreneurial fantasies. Even in a game, business is the greatest joy in Mars’ life. To the point that Tuesday barely even notices the way Morgana’s creepy little pokémon keeps staring at her.
She does notice the giant one, though!
"On my way… On my way…" Tuesday calls out unenthusiastically while her and Ancile squeeze past the Gyarados in order to get into the kitchen. Almost flat as the snowflake is, it sure is much easier for him.
Still, once she makes it there, she stands proudly, putting her hands on her hips like if she were making the most spectacular entrance ever. She holds her head up high, smirking.
"Alright! I’m here! Let’s solve this mystery."
Coincidentally, her icy shield of a Cryogonal is right there with her, and so on, a notification greets her.
OBJECTIVE 2/2 COMPLETE
The Vanillish, apparently encouraged by Ancile’s presence, comes out to play.
"Sentient ice cream… Damn, I’d kill for some ice cream right now… Oh! Speaking of killing…You don’t happen to know anything about that, do ya?"
Also, did I mention that in her excitement about the manor, she totally happened to leave her Whirlipede behind by accident? Yup, she did! And since she did, ever excitable Chariot keeps on playing poké-pong.
Q1WDZB_C1-100WHIRLIPEDE | ROLLOUT
+5 BUZ (REROLL)1-1001-100-5 BUZ (NOT SE)
Does Tuesday somehow get herself another golden solo of forest beer? Absolutely! Don't ask how, though. Maybe she's not the only one here who's been making things gold...
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