>>7700900
We continue with the plan. Scout the area and begin looking for a place for our new hideout while we await reinforcements.

bump

>>7700917
All right. You're currently on Route 123; the immediate area consists of lots of young-looking grass and not much else, although there are a few swathes that look burned. You do see something several yards away that appears to be the burned-out remains of a house, that was later rebuilt by someone else.

>>7700999
We investigate

>>7701040
You put forth this idea to Sarina, who agrees, and the bunch of you walk forward towards the house. As you do so, you see a red-clad human figure exit it, looking around.

>>7701086
We tell Sarina to act normal, and ask her if she can talk to the man - maybe we can get some info out of him.

>>7701130
The figure turns, and you see that it's female. She tenses as Sarina approaches, but Sarina holds up her hands, asking her not to be frightened. The other woman untenses somewhat, but narrows her eyes.
"Have you been sent out on a contract with Team Magma?"

no

>>7701167
Charmeleon tenses, but tries to hide her tension. *Team Magma, one of our enemies...* We nod to Sarina, indicating "We've got your back..."

>>7701246
You whisper this to her, and the woman glances down on you, her eyes widening slightly. "Impressive..."
Sarina pauses before replying. "What if I wasn't?"
The other woman turns back to her. "Then we might not need to get into a fight."

>>7701287
We glance at Snover and Magnemite, indicating to them to be prepared in case this stranger attacks us or Sarina.

>>7701326
You glance successfully. Sarina gives the other woman a confused glance; she, in turn, continues.
"Just why is it that you're here?"

>>7701347
*whispering to Sarina*
"We're travelers."

>>7701382
Sarina repeats this. The other woman chuckles.
"You're far off the beaten path, 'traveler.' The false Magmas control this land, and it's lucky for you that it was me you ran into first."

>>7701422
*
"...False Magmas?"

>>7701438
"Skarem's ravagers call themselves Team Magma, but they will never be anything more than small-minded thugs. We are the true Team Magma, keepers of our great leader Maxie's legacy."

>>7701479
"We thought all of Team Magma was under this 'Skarem's' leadership. Are you saying there are others like yourself that do not follow him?"

>>7701509
She lets out a harsh laugh. "Almost no one in Skarem's Magma was part of the team when Maxie was alive. He's scraped up the scum of Hoenn and imported mercenaries from Orre to build up this little ego trip of his enough so that he can keep control of one city and set the rest of the land on fire."

>>7701572
"If this is true, then who is really in charge of Team Magma?"

>>7701591
"The true Team Magma is led by its one surviving admin, Courtney."

>>7701623
"What...what exactly is the situation between your two groups?"

>>7701623
Courtney, Courtney... where have I heard that name before?

"Well, what would you say I we told you that we're actually here to take 'Team Magma' down a peg or two?"

>>7701668
She shrugs. "Skarem wants us dead, of course, but most of his forces couldn't hit a Zigzagoon with a Master Ball, so he's resorted to trying to burn us down himself with his 'demon Charizard.' We don't have much in the way of recruits, so we've needed to be very good at hiding."

>>7701721
"What exactly happened to this house? Why were you here?"

>>7701721
"Why do you call his Charizard a demon? I've heard that it has an unusual coloration; is it just that or is there more?"

>>7701735
"It used to be the house of someone called the Berry Master before Skarem burned this whole place. Now that he no longer has any use for it... well, up until now, I've only told you things that Skarem already knew, and I think I'll keep doing that."
>>7701767
"Only the coloration is really different, but that and the fact that not many people are accustomed to Pokemon actually attacking them personally has inflated its reputation quite a lot."

>>7701794
"We are members of a Fellowship meant to protect Pokemon...and Humans, from dangerous threats. Our travels have led us here, and we are currently seeking a base of operations to hide and plan our moves. We have heard of this 'Skarem' before and have deemed him an enemy. As you said before, it is fortunate that we have come across you first in this region. Perhaps we could join you in taking down this tyrant?"

>>7701856
She pauses, smiling slightly. "That's very generous of you, but if you want to help us, I'm afraid we're going to need a bit more than that. You would need to join Team Magma, fully, if you wanted to be trusted with anything from us."

>>7701933
Hmmm, I'm fairly sure we wanted to be free of obligations like that unless absolutely necessary. What say you Anonymous?

>>7701933
"We usually operate alone - our goals take precedence over any alliances. From the sound of it, you guys could use all the help you can get for free. Don't pass up an opportunity to make new allies."

>>7701991
"Allies aren't good enough. They can become enemies at any moment, and even if you didn't betray us intentionally, if Skarem captured you, it would be very bad for us."

>>7702007
"Fair enough. At the very least, we should warn you about a new Pokemon that seems to have it's sights set upon something big. Team Rocket created something calling itself Porygon-Z. It seems to be able to move through and infiltrate computers and electronics with ease, and can even exert control over other Porygon and Magnemite/Magneton, from what we have seen so far. It seems to be after something classically over the top, like trying to take over the world. We think it's trying to crash the Network again, though we don't know why."

>>7702007
Charmeleon stares the stranger straight into her eyes, with conviction in her face.

"We do not break our promises, and we do not betray our friends. And let this Human tyrant just TRY to capture my friends..." Her tail burns brighter as she says this, "...for he will not live long enough to even release his Pokemon."

>>7702073
>>7702092
Sarina says the first, while Charmeleon says the second. The woman listens to both intently, then raises an eyebrow at you.
"She isn't your trainer, is she?"

>>7702117
"No, she is not. Magnemite, Snover and myself are FREE Pokemon. We have had bad experiences with Human masters before, and we will not suffer being slaves again. Sarina is our trusted friend - we owe each other our lives - and we follow her of our own free will in Fellowship. We would be happy if this became the same with you, if you'd allow us."

>>7702149
She bites her lip, frowning. "A pity... if they realized you were technically wild and captured you..." She pauses. "You yourself would not look out of place, although you certainly would stand out. Magnemite and Snover, however, would be very conspicuous."

>>7702207
"What are you getting at?"

>>7702258
"They might realize that you're wild, especially since you'd never come out of a Poke Ball."

>>7702258

>>7702299
"Well, if you don't want to risk helping us until we fully join Team Magma, I think we'd best be going now."

>>7702299
"That would imply that they'd CATCH us sabotaging them in the first place. Believe me when I say this - we know how to use stealth."

>>7702328
"Sabotaging them? Do you have something in mind?"

>>7702346
"We've learned that Skarem is using a large generator in Mauville city to power most of his bases and facilities. We were going to find a way to sneak inside and reroute the power for our own uses, perhaps destroy a few of their factories or even free the entire city in the process. The only problem is we're short on comrades and a base, so it will most likely prove difficult - not that that would stop us from trying."

>>7702470
As you say this, Sarina's Poketch rings, and a tinny voice comes out from it.
"One thing that they leave out, of course, is the fact that they bring a great deal of danger with them. You see, they have information that I can't let them have, and they have the most annoying habit of dragging complete innocents into their sordid little affairs. I recommend that you dispatch them at once before you hear anything that puts your life in danger."

>>7702520
Charmeleon snarls at the Poketch, "MONSTER! We've had ENOUGH of your lies!"
We turn our glare to Sarina, "What are you doing? We TOLD you it had infected your device - get RID of it NOW!"

>>7702520
"Ah, that would be the Porygon-Z that I mentioned earlier. Apparently it doesn't like it when we tell other people about its existence and raise awareness. So naturally we do that as much as we can."

>>7702559
"Lie? Hardly. Do you deny the fact that you pulled Teams Aqua and Galactic into your little web, and about the attacks I had to launch on them to compensate for--"
Z's voice is silenced by Sarina pulling out a spare Poke Ball and smashing the thing, while the Magma woman stares incredulously.

>>7702623
>>7702585

>>7702623
see
>>7702585

We explain to the Team Magma member that the Monster has been using lies and tricks to turn people against us in order to stop us from hunting it down.

>>7702670
>>7702682
You do so. The Magma woman sighs. "Why should I believe that you're the ones telling the truth?"

>>7702696
"Because when else have you heard a mysterious voice coming from someone's pokedex who speaks in a way that collaborates our story? And do you really think someone who's willing to kill or coerce anyone who learns of it's mere existence is really likely to have humanity's and pokemon's best interests at heart?"

>>7702696
"Believe us or not, it's up to you. If you don't want to trust us, then that's your problem. Our only concern is to destroy this Monster and protect as many Pokemon and Humans from him as we can."

>>7702751
Sarina says this. The Magma woman pauses, giving both of you a long look.
"On the one hand, idly trusting people who just happen to enter your life is, out here, a potential recipe for disaster. On the other hand..." She sighs. "I trust you to not betray us, but I don't want anything spying on us."

>>7702816
"Perhaps you know of a False Magma target nearby - something we could help you take down in order to prove our honesty. I know some of my comrades have been itching for a fight..."
*glances at Seviper/Seviper's Pokeball*

>>7702816
Speaking of things spying on her why /did/ Sarina keep her poketech when we'd agreed to destroy it?

>>7702867
"Not really, aside from Mauville City itself and Meteor Falls."

>>7702913
The session ended before it was actually destroyed, and when I made this thread, I was a forgetful bitch.

>>7702915
"Meteor Falls?"

>>7702935
"A part of Mount Chimney, far to the west. It's been fortified by Skarem's forces as part of their attempt to cut off northwest Hoenn from the rest, and supposedly, Skarem uses it as his private training ground."

>>7702922
Fair enough.

>>7702957
"Private training ground eh? I don't suppose it's any less fortified and guarded than Mauville City?"

>>7702969

>>7702969
>>7702978
"I don't know myself, but if I had to guess... yes. They don't have a whole city full of people that they need to oppress."

>>7702984
"Hmmm, then perhaps that would be a better place to stage our attack."

>>7702984
"Then perhaps it's time we take a trip to this 'Meteor Falls' and cause our friend Skramer some hardship. Would you guide us there?"

>>7703023
>>7703035
"I'm afraid not, unless you feel as though you can somehow sneak through Mauville City. The reason we're not widely known to Team Aqua is that they would never believe our good intentions to be genuine, and we could never make it past Lilycove City."

>Charmander Quest 13
>13

>>7703069
"We may be able to sneak through Lilycove or Slateport."

>>7703074
Well I'll admit that it is a bit disappointing that this particular session seems to be crewed by only myself and Helpful /co/mrade, but I'd hesitate to dislike a quest just because it has managed to capture enough interest to produce thirteen parts if I were you.

>>7703069
"In that case, we'll guide you safely through Mauville - in exchange for you guiding us to Meteor Falls afterward. We'll draw their attention away from Mauville by attacking Meteor Falls - then when they're distracted, we'll return to Mauville and sabotage their infrastructure. After we accomplish this, we can convince Team Aqua that we are their allies - and they'll join us in the fight against Skramer's False Magma. Do we have a deal?"

>>7703121
She smiles a bit. "And how do you propose to guide me safely through Mauville? I don't have a working ID to get me through the main gate, and it doesn't look like any of you can swim or dive strongly enough to slip in through the river."

>>7703168
"As I said before, we're experts at stealth. And we ALWAYS find a way to succeed. You have my word as a Pokemon - we will make it through Mauville together unharmed. Besides, no doubt the Humans trapped in Mauville will aide us in our cause to rid them of their captors."

>>7703221
A thought occurs to me; we could simply get a map and use that to find Meteor Falls. We don't need to go through the extra trouble and put her at risk.

>>7703264
True, but this way is more fun! Besides, we might make contact with some resistance movement inside the city itself and be able to coordinate a coup later on.

VIVE LE LIBERTY!

>>7703221
She pauses again, then closes her eyes and nods. "Very well. I'll bring two of my grunts along with us, and we'll see what we can do. Just so long as you agree to take the lead."

>>7703298
"Agreed. Let us regroup somewhere and make our plans."

>>7703313
"For now, we can make our plans here... although if we do, I may have to kill your friend if Skarem's forces capture her."

>>7703350
"Do not make such threats, Human. Though we may have entered a partnership, Sarina is our most trusted ally among your kind. If Skarem does attempt to capture her, he will do so over my cold tail-flame. What you do after that, we will not be around to care."

>>7703350
Oh you.

Well, let's think of a plan. I suppose we should try to find a map of the city so that we can better get an idea of its layout.

>>7703450
What's that? Did someone just say, "We should find a hapless False Magma guard and steal his map from him - maybe take him out in the process." ? Because I think that's what I heard you say.

>>7703442
"Hm. Very well. Come inside, then."

>>7703485
We follow the stranger inside the building, but not before turning to Magnemite and saying, "Magnemite, will you keep a watch out again? You are the only one with the ability to sense the Monster's messengers, and we must be ready to leave if someone happens to come across our hiding place."

>>7703481
Actually, I assumed that a group that has been working to oppose a false front would already have a map. which is why we should probably ask this Team Magma member if she has one before we do anything rash.

>>7703553
Aww, you're no fun.
*sigh*
Fine, we'll ask the Magma member - but if we get no luck, IT'S AMBUSH TIME!

>>7703526
The ever-loyal Magnemite does do so, and you walk into the building. It's dark, ashy and empty, with several patches of roof missing, but the Magma woman seems undeterred. She walks over to a blank spot on the floor and pulls on a concealed trapdoor, revealing a ladder going down below. You can hear murmurs of machinery and human voices from below.

>>7703634
We inform Magnemite of the trap door before following the Magma member down the ladder. "A secret entrance? Your organization is more impressive than I thought."

>>7703634
oh-HO! I do so love me a literal 'underground resistance'. Follow her.

>>7703664
"We've managed." The ladder leads into a fairly large, hot room, illuminated by harsh light from the ceiling. Several more red-uniformed people are milling around, some apparently engaged in Pokemon battles, but two near the ladder look up, immediately walking over, and one of them speaks. "Courtney, ma'm!"

>>7703722
Oh snap!

>>7703722
"Wait, Courtney? YOU'RE the leader of Team Magma?!"

>>7703803
She turns, smiling. "Indeed I am." She turns back to the grunt who spoke previously. "These are our... contractors, who've so graciously volunteered to help us storm Mauville City."
The grunt looks confused at this, and Courtney comes over to him, saying something quietly enough that you can't hear her. The grunt gets a look of understanding on his face, nodding.

>>7703832
Charmeleon squints at Courtney suspiciously.
"Why the deception? Why should we trust you when you keep secrets from us and whisper to your men in front of us?"

>>7703873
She turns back to you, sighing a bit. "You decided not to join Team Magma, remember? In any case, you have that thing spying on you still."

>>7703745
>>7703803
Seriously, I know there's a Courtney somewhere in the pokemon universe; is this just a coincidence, or am I missing something?

>>7703922
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Magma_Admin_Courtney

>>7703900
"...you have a point. Speaking of which, you may wish to take precautions in the event the Monster may be spying on YOU now. It is a ruthless enemy - and it's eyes and ears can reach anywhere that machines are present."

>>7703931
Aaaaaaaah yeeeeees. Now I remember. Well, I'm glad to see she's not dead; one of the bigger idiocies of the manga in my opinion, but I digress.

>>7703900
"Good answer. I suppose we'd better fill you in on our encounters with it so far, so that you can better understand what it is capable."

And then tell her; I'm too lazy to actually write it out.

>>7703938
>>7703989
You fill her in. She frowns. "And... Team Rocket made this thing? Or did they capture it?"

>>7704034
"We do not know where it's origins were or how Team Rocket came by it - only that they were the ones that made it what it was and suffered its vengeance as a price. Two of our comrade's lost their Master in that massacre, and now they are joined with us in the Fellowship to stop its reign of terror."

>>7704034
"From what we have learned, they created it; we heard it speak of them enhancing it's previous form, which I take to mean that it was a Porygon or Porygon2, and the altered it into this 'Z' form. Though I suppose we can't rule out the possibility that they found Z somewhere and then enhanced it further, though I do find this to be the less likely of the two."

>>7704074
>>7704092
"Well... Team Rocket isn't our problem, thankfully. Let's just hope that they don't make any more." She pauses. "We should begin our plans now, I think."

>>7704130
"Agreed. Do you have a map of the area we're entering? Or perhaps you have more tunnels that would allow us to get into the city without having to find a way through the walls themselves?"

>>7704161
She goes over to an open computer, turning it on. "The generator area, also known as New Mauville, is southeast of the city proper and surrounded by water. Skarem's forces put up a bridge to it and fenced off the rest, but it might be their weakest point, since the main gate doesn't extend that far south."

>>7704205
"Alright, we'll keep that in mind, but I think it would be unwise to go directly after the generator at this point. Even if we take it, there are far too many False Magma forces guarding the town, and we have no plan yet to hold the city should we retake it with the townspeople. Do you have a schematic for the rest of the town?"

>>7704265
"I do." She proceeds to pull one up.
It's got basically the same layout as the city in the game, except with far more buildings. But the important ones are all in basically the same locations; the gym's been turned into the Magma central headquarters for the city, apparently.

>>7704349
"Is there a way you can make a copy of this map for us to take with us? We can't risk the Monster watching our plans and informing the enemy of our future movements."

>>7704349

So like, what we would see in the game is sort of a "Downtown" with a more sprawling suburban section of hte city spreading out along the 4 main roads leading out of town?

(Also, as a side note, who wants movies streamed?)

>>7704392
"I can print a small one to carry with you, yes."

>>7704349
"I'd like for you to take a look at that map; does anything look out of place or different from the last time you viewed it? Not to sound paranoid, but Z can probably change it and I'd rather we make sure that it is indeed still accurate."

>>7704411
I've never played Downtown, so I don't really know. What I do know is that there are fair few factories around, and a lot of the non-factory buildings are either run down or burned down.

>>7704435
She rechecks it. "It seems to be the same to me."

>>7704415
"Do so, please"

add >>7704435

>>7704479
She does indeed, handing it to you.

>>7704540
Think somebody could provide a link to the map? Or would the GM like to draw one up?

>>7704589
Drawing is something I can't exactly do. I can show you the in-game map, but I don't know if it'd help... it might be best for you to tell me exactly what you're looking for.

>>7704640
I'd just like a map of the city you have planned to use. That way we can use it during the mission and plan routes/maneuvers.

>>7704589

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Mauville.PNG is the in game map of the normal city.

http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/b/b0/New_Mauville.PNG is new mauville, but I am not sure how much charming is going with this map.

(also, movie is running on the zeonquest livestream)

>>7704686
Bless you

>>7704640
Think we could meet on the livestream channel and take a 1-hour break at this point to do the in-character "planning"? It'd give everyone a chance to eat dinner, avoid unnecessarily long-winded RPing, and draw up a plan so we can make a new thread from there.

>>7704659
I don't have a map planned, as such. My plan was to make things up as I went along, as per the rest of the quest so far.

>>7704731

I thought charming said he only had interwebs at the library, and if we took an hour break, that would probably mean the end.

>>7704731
Well, there we run into the problem of my not having the Internet for much longer. I'm guessing that I've got maybe thirty minutes left, so we won't have a new thread tonight. If you give me a link to the channel, though, I can show up there.

>>7704787
see
>>7704686

We can always try on Saturday. That'll give us LOTS of time to plan.

Anyone else up for this? 35 minutes is hardly enough time for much more RP anyway.

>>7704787
livestream.com/zeonquest/old