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Post by Trixander on Jun 6, 2020 17:56:33 GMT
"How about you show us around when we are making a victory lap? We're looking forward to the next gym and have been sidetracked a bit already," Jace knew he wasn't a good liar, which is why he didn't do it. He wanted to get out of here and deliberate with his team, particularly Gengar. If this guy finds out that they have the Master Ball this might turn sour fast. He may even already know, and the church is some sort of trap.
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Post by getsuga on Jun 7, 2020 20:31:37 GMT
As you remove yourselves from the dining table your bodies feel lighter than ever. Outside of the restaurant Satin makes sure you know your way back to the station before splitting off. Though it is night, the church hangs in skies above shining on this very spot. "Well, your loss man~~ but I'll take you up on that offer Champion Jace. You'll be paying for the food next time." He goes to give Jace a pat on the shoulder, but he stops cold.
Sana, the cleanse tag you placed on Jace has triggered a reaction in Satin. Roll occult for determine the power. Satin will roll focus to overcome it.
--------------- The cleanse tag silently glows on Jace's person. Satin's hand doesn't just withdraw from Jace's shoulder, it is immediately blown back without warning. You can see the tension on the young man's face as he tries to get a grip on his arm in that moment. Satin writhes it around like a child who stuck their hand on a hot skillet.
"Hehe you underestimate yourself, Ruby Hearts." His grin quickly returns even wider than before. "A crux is a bit overkill ya think? Ya spooked my little friend." Satin turns towards her with an open gesture. He points to his eye, "Don't look at me with your eyes, but with his." He suggests.
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Post by kurohagane on Jun 8, 2020 16:05:48 GMT
Sana, or rather, Ruby Hearts persona, grins nervously at her spot-on suspicion, even though she wished she was wrong, she knew that there are no free meals, and anyone who approach this party usually have malicious intent. She was not expecting the Cleanse Tag to have such a profound effect on Satin, or very likely, the Spiritombs he had. Sana refreshes her lesson regarding invisible being called ghosts and senses them through her sixth sense. Sana binds 2AP to activate How to Avoid Being Spooked effect.
Rank 1 - Adept Occult Education: While holding a Cleanse Tag in your Main or Off-Hand Equipment Slot, you can see Pokémon and Trainers using the Invisibility Capability. Rank 2 - Expert Occult Education: While holding a Cleanse Tag in your Main or Off-Hand Equipment Slot, you are immune to the Cursed Status Affliction.
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Post by getsuga on Jun 10, 2020 1:39:42 GMT
Sana clutches the cleanse tag in her hands. Kowai cackles above her head, purple flames spout with intensity. He's enjoying the drama playing out as it reaches a climax. The abyss she stares into takes the ghastly figure of a Spiritomb. She sees it protecting the hand that Satin tried to approach Jace with. The Spiritomb stares back at the magical girl with malice. The size of it's swirling purple fog flares up. A galaxy appears to be spinning behind Satin.
Jace, once his psionic vision activated, sees a dark energy surrounding both Sana and Satin. He cannot see with precision what Sana can, but something else catches his eye.
Tully on the other hand, shrugs as it looks like Satin is having tug of war with his hand, resuming vigilance to more physical threats. Satin showboats to people who can finally see him, "Yeah man~~ ain't this cool yeah? My boss was right all along: 'Keep doing a good job and great things will always come to me!' I know you're inna rush, so here's a little somethin' to remember me by, Ruby Hearts." Satin scavenges in his bag and rolls one of his Odd Keystones to the group.
"It's completely emptied out, no worries there. Sell it if you want!"
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Post by Trixander on Jun 11, 2020 12:47:08 GMT
Now was the time to leave. Being confrontational here would be a bad move. Jace took the stone that was offered, if only because he suspected it would do something to Sana if she touched it. He put it in his pocket, separate from his pokeballs and definitely separated from the Master Ball.
"Thanks," Jace said casually. "Hopefully we will do a good job and great things will come to us."
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Post by getsuga on Jun 12, 2020 6:51:03 GMT
With a slight furl in his brow, Satin expresses his discontent in silent exhale. Jace doesn't seem like the type of person that could value something so cryptic to him, but he quickly moves past it. Placing his hand in his pockets the spirit's host does a quarter turn the opposite direction. "Ciao, we'll bump into each other again." Satin says before he disappears into the the crowd. Right before that, you all see two sharply dressed men approach his sides with haste. They walk in a pace to follow closely behind him.
The train station is downhill from your current location. Walking through this area with Satin in the beginning felt as if you were viewing it behind glass. As you make your way there alone you feel climate of the city changes without Satin, who warded away the discomfort that hangs in the air. Taxis are lined up down the road to transport the numerous people coming from the station.
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Post by getsuga on Jun 17, 2020 18:49:03 GMT
After a lengthy walk, the group arrives outside of the station only to be greeting with yellow caution tape on the platform. Around you are people with many feelings on the matter and spilling it to the train attendants in full force.
"Sorry! Sorry! There was a sudden obstruction in the path so we had to travel back!" One of the attendant repeats what she heard from her advisor. Her head hangs over for the guillotine crowd. "The construction team is looking into it and we'll continue with our schedule shorty! Eep sorry for the delays!"
One of the workers crosses your path. He's wearing the casual outfit of a yellow hardhat, a white sleeveless undershir, and ragged jeans. He passes you, but does a double take when he notices what you all are wearing. "Eh? I didn't know there were conventions in town, my son loves those! Hehe." The trailing Machamp and Conkeldurr, carrying damaged rails and planks, laugh in turn.
"Ya'll tryna get on this here train?" The workers asks once he got his remark in?
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Post by Trixander on Jun 17, 2020 23:11:56 GMT
Jace tries to get a look past the workers to see what is in the way. If only they all had flying pokemon, a thought that had crossed Jace's mind more than once this journey. "We are just a couple of gym challengers. What's blocking the track? Maybe we can help." Between Nidoking's raw strength and Jace's telekinesis, they might be able to lift a great deal. Maybe even a ton, though Jace had never pushed his powers that far before.
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Post by getsuga on Jun 18, 2020 7:01:57 GMT
The man scrubs his head gently while looking back at the tracks. "Well, aint nothin stuck. Just banged up, look it." He signals Machamp, who lowers the metal railing for all to see. The bar is covered in jagged cuts and bending in awkward places. "Ain't once in my life I expected somethin like this to happen here. Maybe a loose bolt or two."
He speculates some kind of Pokemon did the damage, though there aren't any native ones that cut metal with this efficiency. He proposes he can get the train back on schedule in two hours tops. With the damage that consolidated he declines the help from Jace.
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Post by Trixander on Jun 18, 2020 15:31:46 GMT
Jace didn't need to be a master detective to see what was going on. His first instinct was to disengage, leave, maybe even hike it to the next city. The problem was that Satin had eyes everywhere, and if he was so determined as to cut off an entire train track, there is no telling what he might do next. So Jace went with his usual strategy: walk straight into the trap. If you are going to be forced into an engagement, take it on your own terms.
"Well then, I guess we are out of excuses," Jace says, doing an about face. "Sana, do you have any more of those tags? It sounds like we are going to church."
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Post by kurohagane on Jun 18, 2020 15:51:49 GMT
It becomes incredibly obvious that Satin is hunting her, probably needing her soul to fuel his Spiritomb - She was a dead person once. Either that or he has orders to eliminate them all, then he will have their souls become fuel for Spiritomb anyway.
Thinking of this turn of event scares Sana, however, she knows crying gets her no pittance, instead, she is feeling mentally exhausted at having to see malicious people everyday. She takes out her stack of Cleanse Tags, her face haggard with worries and fear. "Here." Sana hands out 3 Cleanse Tag to Jace and 2 more for Tully. "Blessings from Diancie, but they can only take so much intrusion before losing its power." Sana begins guiding Jace and Tully about the tags.
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Post by madandy on Jun 18, 2020 17:56:46 GMT
Tully takes the tags a little nervously, though he hides it well. He's not looking to stay in this city any longer than necessary, but he's hoping he can remain incognito while he does. Though, given who he's travelling with, that may be a lost cause.
Still, he keeps one of the tags in his palm as he keeps his hand in his pocket, ready to use it... however that works, at a moment's notice.
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Post by getsuga on Jun 18, 2020 19:04:28 GMT
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Tsk! Ahh man~~ I was too late. Trouble once again interrupts your huddle. Satin reappears, this time with five sharply dressed men. All equipped with a serious expression barring of course Satin. He wears a grin so wide, none of you thought it was humanly possible. "Believe me, I really want'ta tell about the train, but I think it's somethin' you'd want to see with your own eyes. Besides, you've all had your guard up for a while now. I'm startin' to think our trust was lost somewhere." He kicks the ground in frustration then shuffling with this black hair. "Man~~ treat someone to a hot meal and they start to show teeth. See how fast people forget good acts?" He poses the question for the men behind him, who all agree without hesitation. The construction worker you were talking with quickly separates himself with you. He tilts his head down and his pokemon do the same. The crowd seems to have moved away as well, creating an open space for the nine of you. "If you don't have any plans for the next few hours, I have a suggestion Ruby Hearts."
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Post by kurohagane on Jun 21, 2020 17:11:12 GMT
This man called Satin has been hitting her panic button more than she is comfortable with. From his ability to make expression beyond normal humans, to his lack of personal space attitude. Moreover, there are 5 men behind Satin, which Sana assumes very quickly to be black clothes from a criminal organization. Sana quickly cowers behind Jace or Tully out of fear.
"W-What do y-you want?" Sana could barely contain her tears from flowing as she asks anxiously, hugging Whimsy like her comfort zone.
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Post by getsuga on Jun 21, 2020 19:18:57 GMT
"Mietitore, you shouldn't make a girl cry. It took the kids weeks to believe you were not the boogeyman!"
One of the men alongside Satin called out. All the men break out in laughter, unable to contain their straight faced antics. Satin brings his trembling hands together, rubbing them is his way of calming down. "H-Hey! Not cool man~~. That was a lot of effort on my part." A couple more men show up behind Satin with the same dress code.
"What I want, is your Chandelure." He says as he loses his burst of timidness. "When you think about it rationally, I'm savin' you in the long run." He winks and takes out a candy bar for his nourishment. "You'll be drained of all your spirit so soon, plan on goin' to the big leagues with that dragging you down? On top of eating good, ghost will heal their wounds just by sucking even more life force from their host. What'll happen to your friends if you kick the bucket? I can sense that Jace has some potential in him, so he can make an great host in your place."
He points to Tully. A pause, "Nope, I can't sense a damn thing. You'd be the first to die quickly. Sorry buddy." A few more men join in.
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Post by madandy on Jun 22, 2020 4:26:30 GMT
Tully shrugs slightly, neither his posture nor his face betraying just how much he's smirking inside. Pretty sure I'd be the last to die, actually, since I ain't stupid enough to get a ghost in me in the first place. And if old lampshade head tried, would he be in for a surprise?
He puts a hand in his pocket, on one of his more readily accessible knives. It's clear from Satin's tone that, as is often the case, he's underestimating Tully. And that is just fine with him.
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Post by kurohagane on Jun 23, 2020 16:49:19 GMT
"No." Sana gives a straight and firm no, despite wanting to just get away just like the other onlookers. Kowai is her problem, not his, especially not a bogeyman who is intimidating her with a Spiritomb.
The increasing numbers of Mafia mean these people will not take no for an answer, she may have to defend herself very soon.
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Post by getsuga on Jun 23, 2020 21:11:45 GMT
"Weird man~~" Satin extended wrist flinches slightly from Sana's bearing fang. Her eyes glitter at him with bright rebellion which silences even the men under his command. "Just a second ago you were acting like a defenseless Bunneary, now you're a Dragonite. That mental strength of yers' is worthy of praise man~~." More men join in the back.
Satin looks behind himself with sturdy confidence. Greeted with smirks and chuckles the men present themselves ready. "Normally I'd start pounding on ya with all I got, but my boss' son said ta always start negotiations. These guys are the Vilani Syndicate, and you just disrespected a family member by telling em 'no'." The mass of 14 Vilani men and counting step in front of Satin with curses and remarks. You prepare a battle stance, but the horde might consist of too variables for you to handle. Out the corner of your eye, you see a vulnerability in the crowd. Between the onlookers is a wide opening that transitions into town.
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Post by madandy on Jun 29, 2020 1:39:21 GMT
Tully swears internally, his eyes looking around and assessing the situation even as the rest of his face remains passive. Fighting's out - there are too many of them - and running wouldn't help in a city where these guys are based and where the fast ways out of town are blocked. That just left talking. And since he was the only one among them who knew how the family worked, that was probably his department, much as he wished he could remain incognito.
Still, after a deep breath, he swaggers forward, putting on his face all the confidence he isn't feeling. "And which son'd that be? Cause Felicia ain't no son, Reese ain't been seen for ages and everyone knows Marcos ain't got no head for business. Or is your boss not the boss? You seem like the type to work for an underboss, at best."
He snorts as he puts on a smirk. "This really what the family's been reduced to? Snatchin' 'mon from outta people and wit' fourteen guys? Now, don't get me wrong, you got the technique down good - bring in the numbers, scare 'em inta complyin'. But see, you ain't gonna set 'em on us. Why? Cause sure, you could take us wit' those numbers." He flicks a knife up into his hand. "But not before we do some serious damage to most of 'em. Which means," he grins, "you gotta explain to your boss how a whole buncha guys got put in the hospital during a simple transaction. Y'reckon your boss'd like that? Or his boss?" He gives Satin a serious, heavy look. "Y'reckon the Boss'd like it? 'Specially when you got no damage yerself? You know as well as I do - he'll ask why ye didn't just take care of it yerself."
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Post by getsuga on Jul 1, 2020 0:28:04 GMT
A shivering breeze lingers in the air after Tully's speech. "Who the hell is this guy?" "Coulda ran, but you decided to talk shit" "Could this kid really be..." "What the fuck, now we really can't let him live" "He totally forgot about Eli..." "Comon! What's our next move!" "How does he know about the family!" "He's right. This ain't what I wanna fight for" The Vilani goons stop under the weight of their own muddled thoughts. They turn red in the face as soon as they fail to look past Tully's words. If they really got beat up by three kids, the Mr.Vilani would give them a mild punishment as most. As one finishes hyping himself up, Satin stops him with a single hand to the shoulder. Glistening sweat pours from the ends of Satin's seaweed hair. Dropping into a puddle next to his feet. "...Stop" he croaks into the wind. He turns to the group with vigor lacking. "You're half right, the boss would be askin' more questions than I got answers to. But also I'd be lyin' to myself if I didn't want to beat the snot outta ya man~~. You and your Pokemon against me an mine plus..." He stops himself from continuing. "The bitterness, the rage, the chill I got in my veins. I only feel this when I first met each of the Vilani themselves.""Hmmm? And who the hell're you?" "Someone who can tell someone's up to bad shit just by a glance!" "HAH, what a nice welcoming party! Do you think you'll be worthy of my time?" Marcos says has he grips his gloves.
"Ew, who the hell brought in this dirty monkey." "A bratty girl like you don't belong here! Get out of my face 'fore I cut you!" "It seems the monkey hasn't been properly trained... I'll give you lessons, but I'm not sorry if you find yourself within an inch of your life." Felicia says as her Feraligatr grabs Satin from behind.
"You're an odd guy... Have you ever been subjected to possession? I heard it's something worse than death. " Eli says before laying down his book.
"Satin, you're a proficient assassin. It would be a shame to see all that potential go to waste purely from your spite. It would be devastating if anything happened to your friends whom joined our gang. Do you understand?" "...Yes Mr. Vilani" "Simply perfect, I'm glad our chat was, understandable." Satin wipes the sweat from his brow. "You're enticing me to a fight, right here, right now. I won't let that happen." He takes a few steps back. "From now until Ruby Hearts gives me what I want, you're banned from leaving this city! All eyes will be watching every exit, tunnel, and truck out of here!! Good luck on your lil pokemon adventure. Meet me at the church when ya decide your dreams are more important than your girl."
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