Travelers Assemble! [Jaunt]

[vrepit_no]

All right, Travellers, we have a goal and a way to get to it. There is a portal in a park near the pogemon HQ that leads to a similar landscape to the one we're aiming for. I'm clearing the area and we can use it as a launch point. What do people know about this Nevermore character? Weaknesses, layout of the castle, guard numbers and types - any information is good information guys.

And let me know who's coming to the portal and whether or not you've signed up with the Guardia. There's some good material and supplies there if you need them and it will allow you to move about freely.

Comments

[vrepit_no]

Visuals would help, yeah. If we can pre-plan a strategy that might help. Did you get a look at the rest of the castle at all?

[ninjayeehaw]

[A couple of images follow in quick succession, accessible to anyone who wants to see them: a craggy stone landscape with clouds of sand blowing past (not exactly the same as Shiro's portal, but distinctly similar); a somewhat out-of-place gothic bridge in the middle of view, leading to the distinctive castle; itself, made of black, somewhat glassy fulgurites and surrounded by intense storm clouds; and the inside of what might be a courtyard or throne room - in the last one, there's a sense of atmospheric pressure, like lightning is about to strike.]

Nothin' more than what's here. I'd put money on Nevermore knowin' when someone's tryin' t'sneak around the back, though, 'specially since he's got Yakumo's gear. Ain't sure how good at it he's gonna be, but that's gonna be somethin' makin' him a whole lot trickier. Seems like Nevermore can absorb powers from people he defeats - he Pog'd a burger 'mon an' started spewin' ketchup. [And he flashes an image of that too.] Knocked out Yakumo an' could use his gear. Can't say fer sure, but he might be able t'use mine too. We can't afford anyone gettin' knocked out by him.

[vrepit_no]

Sounds like distance is our friend, then, and agility. Do you know if he's actually stealing abilities or just copying them? Can you and Yakumo still use your gear and abilities?

Stone and lightning... Are either of you resistant to electricity? Could he have taken the resistance from you?

[ninjayeehaw]

Dunno how stone might work in yer world, but at least here it's non-conductive. An' it ain't so much me resistin' as just usin' a move that overrides his power over the lightnin'. Can't copy that, he don't got my gear.

I got all my powers an' gear still, so whatever Nevermore does must be some kinda copy trick. Yakumo’s got his powers, but without his gear he can't use a good chunk of it. Until we get that back, s'my first priority. Dunno if us leavin' means it's stuck here fer good.

[vrepit_no]

Tends to depend on which planet you're on, but point taken. Can I ask about Yakumo's gear and what it does? We need to know what we can expect.

[ninjayeehaw]

Two items. One's just a fancy sword, the other's a blue shuriken. Wouldn't normally be no good t'anyone on their own, 'cept fer just bein' a sword, but Nevermore got some a' Yakumo's Nintality as well by the looks a' things.

...come t'think of it, he might have some a' mine too.

Basically-- me an' Yakki are ninjas. Nintality is how we use our powers, so Nevermore's gonna have a li'l bit a' that goin'. Might be able t'teleport, hide behind stuff he shouldn't rightly be able to, move an' react faster than a regular person can follow, an' that includes throwin' weapons like more shuriken or those stone arrows; maybe even make clones 'f himself, but get one good hit in an' those are dust.

The shuriken's the part I'm worried about. Means Nevermore can use Yakumo's armour, 's'gonna be even more of a pain t'knock him down. But if we get the shuriken offa him, he can't transform.

[vrepit_no]

[Ninjas? Oh dear sweet Mother Earth. Actual magical ninjas. With Texan accents. What. Focus, Shiro, focus.]

Uh. Well this is all new to me. If we get the shuriken off of him will it... de-transform him, for lack of a better term?

[ninjayeehaw]

[You think that's bad enough already, wait 'til you see them in action.]

That's the workin' theory. I don't reckon he's got the know-how t'keep his armour on without it.

[vrepit_no]

Does the armor have... pockets? [What is life. Why is he asking these things.] Or space pockets or something? Somewhere to keep the shiruken on him safe and hidden.

[ninjayeehaw]

Nope. Yakki an' I've had hammerspace fer years now, we keep our gear in there. The suits're just armour.

[Now if Nevermore's got access to their hammerspace that's another problem entirely, but he's pretty sure that's not compromised.]

Small mercies, really.