Group RP Pokemon: Evolution Quest (IC thread)

(Ready, though if we timeskip I'll just add that Xuehua has picked up her mini-staffs on the way)

 

(Good timing, SAF. I was just thinking of bumping this RP too)

The sun was still shining although it was a matter of time before the campaign. Atelier had to make sure that his stock of goods and weapons were ready, and the coffee too. "I'm back," he greeted.

 

"I sure hope so," Atelier said. "If nothing else, we'll have to sneak into the lair in a timely manner and get to the end before the Dragon King returns in the morning."

 

"Yo," Blacky greeted whoever's already returned. Seems like he's the only one in the group who didn't purchase anything.

 

Atelier waved at Blacky. Then he went to his books and looked at his strategy again, plus reviewing the puzzles Blacky had described earlier. The campaign launch was not far off now.

 

"Everyone's ready, right?" Whilst studying, Xuehua had picked up her first Fire spell - Sunny Day, and refining the technique on her Rain Dance to try Water Pulse. At least one of them was bound to give the tyrant a bit of a shock.

(These moves are both actually in the Glaceon learnset, off TMs mostly though)

 

"Oh hey, welcome back," Atelier waved at Xuehua. "I think we're ready... I am, and maybe Blacky." Wait, was that a fire he saw in Xuehua's eyes? If he had to guess, Xuehua was learning how to make fire... And she was an ice type, supposedly? Somehow, the supposed contradiction wasn't making sense in his strategic mind.

 

"Yeah," the Umbreon warrior nodded in affirmation. "I didn't buy anything, though. Just studied enough to know that Kubfu points at north and Sigilyph points at south." By "Kubfu" and "Sigilyph", he meant the constellations that would be Ursa Minor and Crux in real life, respectively.

(Spoiler that I initially forgot to write: This knowledge will be handy in the actual dungeon.)

 

"Well, you know what they say. Knowledge is priceless, especially in this scenario." Xuehua shrugged. "And if we're all ready, shall we head out now? Time is of the essence."

 

While Blacky agreed with Xuehua that knowledge is priceless, he mentally facepalmed at her, uh, rashness. "We prolly should go when the Dragon King's out to hunt, though," he said, then turned to Atelier and Aine for confirmation. "Right?"

(Lemme remind y'all of this:

Might as well poke @ChocoChicken and @WavePearl while at it~)

 

"We could always set up an outpost a distance from the actual den, but I suppose you have a point," Xuehua responded with a bit of a slump. "Though I guess I should ask - aside from making it through the dungeon and attacking at dawn, do we have a specific strategy in mind for the actual battle with the King?"

 

Atelier's ears perked at the mention of the topic and he went straight for his book of battle strategies to refer to the drawing he made the other day.

"We start off with an ambush..." he explained to Xuehua. "Depending on the outcome of the ambush, we'll have to organise ourselves and get ourselves set up with what we have after ambushing. And since this is a Luna type we're dealing with, we'll want to make use of Sol moves if we have any. Assuming this is an opponent who we can see, we could opt for the classical strategy to have someone draw his attention at the front and we attack from the back. But if this opponent can attack from the shadows, hence his name. We'll have to face him first."

 

Listening to Atelier, Blacky simply nodded with occasional "Uh-huh"s every now and then. As a luna-type himself, the Umbreon was confident that he'll manage to draw the Dragon King's attention enough to spare everyone else (especially Aine as the resident sol-type) from the bad times he might unleash. But still... attacking from the shadows??? That part made Blacky raise an eyebrow. "Waitaminute, I thought Luna and Shadow Dragon Kings are different dragons?" he interjected. According to what little briefing Blacky's master gave him back then, Luna and Shadow Dragon Kings were mentioned separately.

 

Oookay, now that made even less sense. I mean, Moon and Shadow Dragon Kings were technically on the same side, right? "Does it mean that Moon Dragon King is more cosmic-based and Shadow Dragon King is more, uh, shadow-based?" Blacky wondered.

 

"Ah... I see. Well, that might make life a bit easier. I was thinking Moon and Shadow would have similarities... But that's another story," Atelier said.

"In any case, I suppose we can head out to set up an outpost until the Dragon King heads out of his lair," he suggested.