Group RP Pokemon Conquest: The Celestial Jewels

@Jupjami

"You speak the truth." Ash replied as he cleared out his tips and put his flute away. "Let's go to a quiet place--I will tell you more there."

 

@Barandofl

(once the group is all together, the Trio and Serena will tell you who they are, and about Taki

 

@Jupjami @Barandofl @Kecleon352

(we'll wait until you guys are all together before we introduce the main plot)

 

@Kecleon352

"..."After they had finished their dinner, Kanade talked to the elder for a while. While she was very pleased with his courtesy and with the great hospitality he had shown them, she noticed that he looked very glum, and wondered if something was weighing on his heart." Brock explains.

"May I ask why the people gather here tonight? I know of no festival falling on this date, so I thought I would ask why you were celebrating." Serena asks as Kanade.

"We are not celebrating anything," Brock sighs as the elder, playing a sad melody in the background all the while. "It was really a funeral service for two of my grandchildren, who, though they are not yet dead, will be called to the heavens before too long."

"But how can such a ceremony be performed over people who are still alive?" Serena asks as Kanade. Some in the audience stifle laughter at the quizzical look on Serena's face.

"You must know," Brock continues as the elder, "that this region is under the control of a cruel demon. Every year, he demands two children, a boy and a girl, to eat. Many attempts have been made to resist this horrific demand, but they have only resulted in increased suffering to those who have dared to oppose him. Because of this, the woeful cycle continues, and many a heart is broken at the loss of those dearest to them."

"But is there any way to know when this terrible sacrifice is going to be demanded?" Serena asks as Kanade.

"The demon appears in the chosen house a few days before, and demands to have the victims ready on a specified date." Brock explains as the elder. "Only the day before yesterday, this summons came to us to have our children ready by tomorrow morning at dawn. That is why we had a feast today, and performed the funeral rites for the dead, so that their spirits may not be held under the control of this merciless demon, but delivered to the Great Lord's care in heaven."

"But what is the demon like?" Serena asks as Kanade.

"No one knows for sure what he is like," Brock cautions as the elder as the harp's song turns tense. "He has no form that one can see. His presence is known by a strong gust of wind which fills the place with a peculiar smell, and with an influence so subtle that you feel yourself within the grip of a powerful force, and instinctively bow as though you were in the presence of a being who could destroy you in a moment if it wanted to."

"One more question..." Serena interjects as Kanade. "Where did this demon come from, and how that he has grown so strong enough to defy even heaven itself, with the Great Lord Arceus and all the Legendaries that watch over us all?"

"This demon was filled with evil intentions and fiendish instincts from the very beginning." Brock explains as the elder. "He took the first opportunity he could to escape to the earth, and took up residence in the grottoes and caverns that lie deep down beneath the waters of the river. Other spirits almost as evil as him have also reside there, and they combine their forces to bring calamity and disaster upon the people of this region."

Fearful whispers race through the crowd as the audience debated how such a demon could be defeated.

 

@Kecleon352

"Now, Kanade cherished all living things, but she grew very angry when she thought of how many innocent children had been sacrificed to appease the depraved demon." Serena intones as Brock sets his harp aside and slings a prop bow and some prop arrows on his back--Kanade's signature weapon. "Mew and Jirachi were just as mad, and they began to discuss how to save the elder's grandchildren, and at the same time slay the demon so no one would ever have to sacrifice a child again."

 

@Jupjami

(Ash is taking you to one of Taki's gardens; which only he, Misty, Brock, and Serena know about.)

 

@Barandofl

(Taki's mansion and gardens are safe for them to give you your mission--this is why Ash is leading you there.)