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Post by YourWaifu on Jan 24, 2016 8:02:02 GMT
Over the course of a few hours, Zo and Greg have all managed to arrive at the dorms. Greg arrived first, successfully used his Pokedex, talked to all of his dorm-mates, and let his Horsea, Maria, explore. Zo arrived next, and struck up conversation with his dorm-mates, along with letting Lipwig the Murkrow try to take Jay’s necklace. Currently, everyone is in the living room.
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While you stare off into the void, some noises break your concentration. Looking over you see a young man, just under your height, talking to the rest of your dorm-mates. The man has that same tricky glint in his green-blue eyes that the twins have. Maybe your dorm will be more “eventful” than you originally thought… He has short brown hair, a necklace with a red pendant, and a red button-down shirt and a black blazer.
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“Candy for a story? That sounds fun! Let’s sit down, first." Dakota exclaims. Everyone walks back over to the seating area, and you notice another guy sitting there as well. It’s odd that you didn’t see him before, but you do notice him now. The guy on the couch is fair-skinned, slim, and has dark, long hair. His eyes are also dark, and are a somewhat dull blue eyes. He has on a plain white button up shirt with blue jeans and a pair of running shoes. Dakota taps you. “Here’s the candy! Now, I wanna hear your story!” He says as he hand you the candy bar. Zo, please add one Candy Bar to your inventory.
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Post by nateincaps on Jan 24, 2016 22:21:08 GMT
As Gregory half nodded off and half just stared into the void he began to notice the new boy in the dorms. Interesting looking fella, that one, although his eyes held that dishonest gleam that the twins had. Seemed to be a popular look around these parts, but as always Greg thought it rude to make assumptions about people before even getting their name. He fully re-connected with reality before addressing the boy. “Oh, sorry to interrupt and all but hey there, new dude. I didn’t notice you before cause I was zoning out, but welcome to our kickass dorm. I’m Gregory, and that,” Gregory said, gesturing over to Horsea in the middle of the room. “is Maria, the Horsea. Cute little gal, ain’t she?”Gregory sat up further on the edge of the couch, giving his full attention to the new boy. “So, like, sounds like you were going to tell a story, which would be awesome because stories are cool.”Retroactive Intuition Roll to spot Zo's BS: rDD_myvL3d6 3d6
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Jan 25, 2016 18:56:44 GMT
Walking over to the seating area, Zo spots someone he hadn't noticed before. How in the Distorted World did I miss him? I really should pay more attention... "As I said, my name is Zodor Mayka, but please, call me Zo, and this is my partner, Lipwig." He gestures to the Murkrow, wherever he is at the moment. "And now, please sit down." He takes the candy from Dakota and stores it in his new backpack, dropping it next to a couch or something. He walks to roughly the center of the seating area, so everyone can see him clearly. He bows shortly, before spreading his arms in greeting. "Greetings, gentlemen. My name is Zodor Mayka, but in my hometown of Melodes I am better known as Zo, the powerful and great! You see, I have spent many a year studying, designing and creating various magnificant gadgets, every single one with an unique purpose." He gets out his Pattern Interferencer, holding it so it is visible, but few details can be seen. "This is my Pattern Interferencer, a device that is designed to emulate the various debilitating abilities possesed by the specters, psion and other such Pokémon. To create this device, I have studied these creatures. During my studies, I encountered an aged and weathered Hypno, who tried to teach me in his ways. Although at first he failed, I kept up my training after he left, and I do say that I have improved a fair bit." He smirks, "Though I will admit that I have yet to truly master the deep trance part, it seems to come a lot closer to a deep slumber with me. But still, practice makes perfect." He pockets the bauble and removes his necklace, holding it in one hand, just like only scant minutes ago, planning on using the pendant as a pendulum. "Now, I would like a volunteer."Guile to make a grand act of storytelling: c|8K7hFl4d6 Charm for showmanship: 3d6 4d6·3d6
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Post by nateincaps on Jan 25, 2016 20:57:58 GMT
Big shot this one is, Gregory thought as he watched Zo’s performance. He wasn’t entirely sure how you could take the psychic stuff that Pokemon like Hypno used and turn it into a gadget, but if people could manage to make touch screens and fancy Pokedexes and weird yellow Porygon Z things than this guy could probably make a hypnotic thingy. Zo still didn’t look like much of an honest man to Gregory, as most of these outgoing showmen types tend to be shunned by your common Asperin, but the boy was still putting on an entertaining show, so Gregory just opted to let it play by with he sat back with a lazy smile.
Gregory leaned back into the couch, not really up for the whole hypnosis thing (his parents had always warned him against dealing with such things, anyhow). Still, Gregory wanted to see what was next, so he opted to try to push someone into it. “Hey, Dakota, why don’t you volunteer? You’re the one who wanted to hear the story, and I bet it would be wicked awesome to see the Pattern whatchamacallit thingy.”
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Post by YourWaifu on Jan 26, 2016 2:51:38 GMT
Jay and Quinn don’t seem to be paying attention, so they won’t be volunteering, and Xander is...just sitting there. Dakota, however, is enraptured.
“I’ll do it!” Dakota responds, excitedly.
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Jan 26, 2016 19:47:14 GMT
Zo claps his hands together at Dakota's enthusiasm - "Excellent!" - and grabs a chair from the kitchenette. "Take a seat, please, good sir." He motions for Dakota to sit down. When the boy has seated himself, Zo stands in front of him, pendulum between him and the boy. "Now, Dakota, you're going to have to trust me, okay? If everything goes as it should, you will be entranced and I will be able to influence you, if only slightly. Now what's more likely is that you will merely fall asleep, in which case I will just wake you. I will admit that this is not fail-proof, and I can't assure a success. However, it worked on everyone I tried it on while in Olmia so far." The truth, and nothing but the truth, even if everyone came down to just Miss Evans. "Now, are you ready?" At the boys confirmation, Zo begins slinging the pendulum back and forth. "Follow the pendulum with your eyes, moving only your eyes. Listen only to my voice, there are no other sounds in the world but my voice. The pendulum is all you see, my voice all you hear. You grow tired, your limbs go numb, you feel weak, you are barely able to hold up your own eyelids. Listening to the calming sound of my voice, you slowly drift off to sleep. Your world is black and quiet, all there is the pendulum, my voice and sweet sweet rest. You slowly fall asleep."
If the hypnosis had worked and Dakota is out there, Zo moves his head to just beside the boy's ear and whispers: "When I snap my fingers, you will wake up, remembering nothing but this: "Zodor Mayka is awesome." With that, he steps back again and snaps his fingers. "How do you feel?"If the hypnosis had failed and Dakota is still fully awake, Zo simply laughs sheepishly. "As I said, there is no guarantee that it will work. A shame, but little I can do about it, beyond train more."Hypnosis: AC6: UT18tIlu1d20
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Post by YourWaifu on Jan 27, 2016 1:13:28 GMT
Dakota nods, eager to get into the action. At first, he seems too into it. As you tell him to follow the pendant with his eyes, his whole body sways back and forth. He’s young and easily suggestible combined with your affinity with the occult make him easy to knock out with a simple hypnosis act.
The boy slumps over in the stool, his awareness surely leaving him. After you snap your fingers, he wakes up startled. “Did I miss it?!” He asks, excitedly. It’s almost as if...he missed the entire point of the trick.
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Jan 27, 2016 19:17:45 GMT
Zo smirks at the boy's question. "Yeah, it was the weirdest thing. The moment I started hypnotizing you, you fell asleep. Odd that." His voice is dripping with well intended sarcasm.
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Post by YourWaifu on Jan 28, 2016 6:49:17 GMT
“Oh! That was cool! How did you do it?” Dakota asks excitedly.
Xander looks over to Greg, and gives him a pointed stare. “Gregory, was it? May I speak to you for a moment?” He sounds serious.
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Post by nateincaps on Jan 28, 2016 7:11:09 GMT
Gregory was half paying attention to Zo and half starting to nod off again when he heard the blue haired boy call his name. He shook himself back awake again as he answered the boy. “Oh, yeah, what’s up Xander dude? Want to talk about cooking or something, I do know how to fry up a mean Magikarp.” The seriousness of Xander’s voice was apparently lost on Gregory.
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Post by YourWaifu on Jan 28, 2016 7:30:07 GMT
“No…” Xander sighs. “Do you think we could...talk in private?”
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Post by nateincaps on Jan 28, 2016 7:55:23 GMT
“Umm, sure yeah.” Gregory said as he got up to leave with Xander, taking a moment to make sure his Pokemon was still around and well. “Hey do you guys mind keeping an eye on Maria while I’m gone? Make sure she doesn't get into any trouble and stuff, ok?”
Once he and Xander where out of earshot of the others he addressed the blue haired boy again, still not entirely sure what he wanted with him. “So, like, what’s up?”
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Jan 28, 2016 21:41:11 GMT
Zo smirks and taps the side of his nose. "That, my friend, is a trade secret, I'm afraid." He plops down on the couch vacated by Greg. "Of course, Greg, don't worry. Maria's safe with us." He looks for the Horsea, trying to find Lipwig while he's at it.
Meanwhile, he chats with Dakota. "So, Yarrin. What's it like? Never really been much outside of Melodes, myself."
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Post by YourWaifu on Jan 29, 2016 3:50:16 GMT
Xander leads you into the hallway, and begins to whisper to you. “Something is wrong with that...Zo character. I’m not sure what it is, but something is very wrong with him. What he did to Dakota is not natural. Watch yourself.” He warns.
After looking around the room, you spot Maria right in front of you. She seems fascinated by the fire, and is sitting in front of it, watching the flames. Strange, for a water type. Lipwig has found the kitchen, and is slowly pushing around some silverware into a little pile he’s made.
“Yarrin is nice. It’s really pretty, there, and everyone is real nice. The shrines there are real cool, too! Our gym is there, and Ms. Li is very nice. She’s been running the gym there for a while now. I like her a lot.” Dakota says happily.
You hear a knock on the door, and Dakota yells, “Just a minute!” before he gets up and walks over to answer the door. He quickly invites the newcomer in, closing the door behind him.
The new arrival is a bit shorter than you with blue hair and a pair of glasses. He seems a bit small and doesn’t seem very strong. Definitely more bookish than a natural fighter.
Dakota then starts indirectly introducing people.
“That right there is Zo,” The boy says, pointing towards you.
“There’s Jay and Quinn,” He continues, pointing towards Jay and Quinn, still immersed in their own little world.
“And I’m Dakota!” He exclaims, pointing to himself. “I don’t know where Xander and Greg are, but they’re around here too!”
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Post by nateincaps on Jan 29, 2016 5:29:12 GMT
Gregory was initially a little confused at Xander’s insertions. What Zo was doing, to Gregory at least, was little more than a bit of harmless fun. “What, they ain’t nothing wrong with Zo! He’s just having a bit of fun with Dakota, nothing to worry about. Just a bit of hypnosis is all...” Gregory’s speech started to trail off towards the end of his counterpoint, seemingly realizing the error in his logic. He remembered that dishonest gleam Zo had and the warnings against trusting odd looking people his parents had given him. Along with a bit of a realization as to how unnatural suddenly putting someone to sleep is, Gregory started to feel a little conflicted on his feelings about this seemingly strange man.
After a brief moment of silence, Gregory once again addresses Xander. He still had his ever laid back tone of voice, but he had lost his lazy smile in favor of a more neutral, almost serious expression, and his eyes seemed to have a lot more focus in, like Gregory was more attentive than normal. “Like, look, I’m not one to believe in superstitions about supernatural magical stuff, and that Zo dude totally hasn’t done anything bad yet, but, yeah, I’ll admit that whole hypnosis stuff was a little weird. Thanks for the heads up.” Gregory scratched the back of his head somewhat awkwardly. “And, I probably shouldn’t be saying this in regards to a fellow dorm mate because this sort of thinking is super lame, but if you think he might be up to something bad, you can tell me. Maybe we can work something out with him before getting the whole school involved.”
Gregory stepped back from Xander, seemingly releasing a lot of tension from the conversation. His expression went back to that lazy smile, and his eyes followed suit. “But, like, hey, it’s super rude to talk about someone like that, so let’s just pretend this conversation was about cooking or fish or cooking fish, ok? Think we should get back to the group, anyhow”
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Post by YourWaifu on Jan 29, 2016 7:06:25 GMT
“I wouldn’t call it rude, just pointing out warning signs. Would it be rude for a detective to talk about a suspect without him there?” He pauses, returning to his point. “I’m not one for those ‘magic’ fairy tales either, but I have a feeling there’s more to him than he shows.”
“I do agree, though, that we shouldn’t disclose the details to the others. I wouldn’t want to put Dakota in more risk than he already is.” Xander says, quite cryptically. After that, he returns back to the others and you hear Dakota talking from the living room.
“Oh! There’s Xander!” The boy points out quite excitedly.
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Post by FelixSparks on Jan 29, 2016 19:52:39 GMT
Alex nods to each person in turn, looking at everyone and their pokemon. He was certain that Jay and Quinn were related, possibly twins. He smiled broadly to everyone, turning on the charm a bit more than intended. "It's great to meet all of you! I look forward to our time together! Right now though, I need to sketch something..."Alex moved to an empty table, and sent Kabby onto it. "Alright Kabby, just stay still while I get a sketch of you..."Novice Command l60j|iR83d6 3d6
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Jan 29, 2016 22:50:03 GMT
Zo shakes his head as he sees Lipwig in the kitchen, snatching away the cutlery. He stands up as the door is opened, nodding to the newcomer. "Zodor Mayka is the name, but please call me Zo. Now if you guys will excuse me, I have a Murkrow to talk to."
He walks over to the kitchenette and his starter, grabbing one of the knives and reflecting light off it to catch Lipwig's attention. "Lipwig, my friend, we have to talk. You can't just go around and steal every shiny thing you come across, you know. For one, people will actually start noticing their stuff missing, and three guesses who they would suspect first? Yeah, the sticky finger- err, sticky-feathered Murkrow, and do ya wanna know what'd happen next? They'd take away your stash, be more careful around you and tightly lock up their shinies. No, my friend, what you want to do is take just a little" - he waves around the knife he is holding, putting the other cutlery back in its place - "just enough to be satisfying, and hide it away real careful, do you understand? Now, what I'm going to do is give you this" - he shows Lipwig the knife clearly - "the moment we have gotten our rooms assigned and sorted out, and then you can go and setting up a stash for yourself. As long as I don't hear too many rumours of mass theft around the area, I will allow you to steal to your hearts contend, in moderation. In fact, I might contribute to your collection on occasion, if you've been helpful, 'kay? I just ask that you are careful, and will allow me access to your stash if I so ask for it, sound fair?"
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Post by nateincaps on Jan 30, 2016 0:06:43 GMT
Gregory awkwardly eyed Zo for a moment as he re-entered to room, quickly looking away as to try and not look too suspicious, before he looked to the new boy. He looked like a fairly normal looking boy, as nothing really stood out to Greg about him.
“Hey there, new dude.” Gregory said in greeting the new boy. “I’m sure Dakota already went over this, but welcome to our kick ass dorms! I'm Gregory, the Horsea over by the fire is my Maria, and yeah, it's awesome for you to be here. It’s going be an awesome time with all of us here, just you wait.”
Gregory took a seat wherever there was space, taking a quick glance around to room to see what everyone was doing, taking note of the number of people around the room “So, like, are we all waiting for more people to show up or what? Cause if not it might be a good time to get rooms and all…”
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Post by YourWaifu on Jan 30, 2016 8:44:19 GMT
After a bit of work reprimanding and moving, Kabby eventually sits still. You’re able to get a pretty decent sketch out of it.
Lipwig seems a bit confused and annoyed at first, but as you speak, you get through to him. He even starts to help you move his collection of stolen silverware back to it’s rightful place. At the end of your speech, he hops back and forth on his feet, then nods. He tries grabbing for the knife, but after a simple reprimand, he flies back up to his place on your shoulder. “We’re waiting on one more.” Xander says, before a loud tone plays over some speakers that you can’t tell the placement of. Maybe it’s playing out of the TV and computer? “All students please report to the stage. All students please report to the stage.” Everyone stands, searching for their pokemon. Everyone finds them quite quickly, except Jay. “Cheshire! Get out here!”You’re all waiting by the door at this point, and it looks like you could all be late if Jay doesn’t find him soon. “C’mon Jay. Hurry it up.” Quinn sighs. Then, you hear a squeal coming from a plant that no one noticed. You’re all pretty sure there wasn’t a plant there earlier. “Cheshire. That’s not what a plant sounds like.” Jay reprimands. He seems more angry that Cheshire didn’t get the plant sound right and not that Cheshire hid from him in the first place. Breaking the illusion, Cheshire looks a bit sad, but after a quick pet from Jay, he’s as happy can be. After that, you all continue onto the stage for the opening speech. You are now free to post in the group thread as you like. Please make your next post there.
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